Abstract
Enabling multiband systems with per-band in-band full duplexing (IBFD)
opens avenues for multiband instantaneous feedback sensing and
streaming. This letter adopts fractal antenna arrays to achieve
multiband-IBFD (MIBFD) antenna subsystems using hexagonal star array
(HSA) geometry as a generating subarray. Characterised by concentric
recurring frequency-independent multiband self-interference cancellation
(MB-SIC), the HSA enables a frontier MIBFD stage at the antenna domain.
Simulation results confirm this hypothesis using three separately fed
4.9, 5.0 and 5.1 GHz signals as test pilots, which achieved -35.5, -42
and -37 dB SIC respectively and simultaneously. The integrated SIC
bandwidth within the band is extended to 4.45 <->
5.85 GHz below −35.5 dB.