What is Mainlobe Beamwidth

The purpose of this chapter is to briefly describe the BBO algorithm and present its application to antenna and wireless communications design problems. This chapter presents results from design cases that include patch antenna, linear antenna array, and a partial transmit sequence (PTS) scheme for OFDM signals based on BBO. The chapter is supported with an adequate number of references. This chapter is subdivided into five sections. The “background” section presents the issues, problems, and trends with BBO. Then the authors briefly present the main BBO algorithm. In the next section, they describe the design cases and present the numerical results. An outline of future research directions is provided in the following section while in the “conclusion” section the authors conclude the chapter and discuss the advantages of using a BBO-based approach in the design and optimization of wireless systems and antennas. Finally, an “additional reading section” gives a list of readings to provide the interested reader with useful sources in the field.