A frequency invariant response algorithm is proposed for getting over the signal distortion in high frequency when the beamformer receives the broadband signals. In this method, the weight vector of the reference beam...A frequency invariant response algorithm is proposed for getting over the signal distortion in high frequency when the beamformer receives the broadband signals. In this method, the weight vector of the reference beam pattern is designed firstly, then the weight vectors when the beam response in the frequency sub-bands approaching the reference response mostly are computed by optimized method or adaptive method. By this method, the beam pattern in each sub-band can be almost kept invariable. As a result, the receiving chirp signal can be improved. Owing to the adoption of the adaptive method to approach the optimized vectors, it has no restricting of the array format and the element directivity, and the method can be used widely.展开更多
It is well known that the performance of conventional adaptive beamformers degrades severely due to the presence of coherent or correlated interferences(multipath propagation) and various techniques have been develope...It is well known that the performance of conventional adaptive beamformers degrades severely due to the presence of coherent or correlated interferences(multipath propagation) and various techniques have been developed to improve the performance of the beamformer.However,most of the work in the past has been focused on the narrowband case.In this paper,the wideband beamforming problem in the presence of multipath signals is addressed,with a novel approach proposed by employing a pre-processing stage based on the frequency invariant beamforming(FIB) technique.In this approach,the received wideband array signals are first processed by an FIB network,and then a traditional narrowband adaptive beamformer or an appropriate instantaneous blind source separation(BSS) algorithm can be applied to the network outputs.It is shown that with the proposed structure,cancellation of the desired signal is reduced,leading to a significantly improved output signal to interference plus noise ratio(SINR).展开更多
Frequency-invariant beamformer （FIB） design is a key issue in wideband array signal processing. To use commonly wideband linear array with tapped delay line （TDL） structure and complex weights, the FIB design is p...Frequency-invariant beamformer （FIB） design is a key issue in wideband array signal processing. To use commonly wideband linear array with tapped delay line （TDL） structure and complex weights, the FIB design is provided according to the rule of minimizing the sidelobe level of the beampattern at the reference frequency while keeping the distortionless response constraint in the mainlobe direction at the reference frequency, the norm constraint of the weight vector and the amplitude constraint of the averaged spatial response variation （SRV）. This kind of beamformer design problem can be solved with the interior-point method after being converted to the form of standard second order cone programming （SOCP）. The computer simulations are presented which illustrate the effectiveness of our FIB design method for the wideband linear array with TDL structure and complex weights.展开更多
针对实际环境中因麦克风阵列失配误差导致宽带波束形成器性能下降的问题,提出基于线性约束最小方差对角加载的稳健频率不变波束形成算法.该算法首先在线性约束最小方差准则的基础上,结合空间响应偏差函数,并对波束形成器权矢量的二范数...针对实际环境中因麦克风阵列失配误差导致宽带波束形成器性能下降的问题,提出基于线性约束最小方差对角加载的稳健频率不变波束形成算法.该算法首先在线性约束最小方差准则的基础上,结合空间响应偏差函数,并对波束形成器权矢量的二范数施加不等式约束,再通过拉格朗日乘子法和凸优化工具箱CVX(Con Ve X)分别在不等约束条件下求得权矢量的解析解和全局最佳解,以有效解决麦克风的增益、相位和位置等的不确定性造成的失配误差问题,提高频率不变波束器的稳健性.仿真结果表明:采用拉格朗日乘子法求解该算法的最优权矢量所得到的波束形成器对失配误差最不敏感,性能最稳健.展开更多
基金Supported by the 863 Foundation under Grant No.2002AA602230.
文摘A frequency invariant response algorithm is proposed for getting over the signal distortion in high frequency when the beamformer receives the broadband signals. In this method, the weight vector of the reference beam pattern is designed firstly, then the weight vectors when the beam response in the frequency sub-bands approaching the reference response mostly are computed by optimized method or adaptive method. By this method, the beam pattern in each sub-band can be almost kept invariable. As a result, the receiving chirp signal can be improved. Owing to the adoption of the adaptive method to approach the optimized vectors, it has no restricting of the array format and the element directivity, and the method can be used widely.
文摘It is well known that the performance of conventional adaptive beamformers degrades severely due to the presence of coherent or correlated interferences(multipath propagation) and various techniques have been developed to improve the performance of the beamformer.However,most of the work in the past has been focused on the narrowband case.In this paper,the wideband beamforming problem in the presence of multipath signals is addressed,with a novel approach proposed by employing a pre-processing stage based on the frequency invariant beamforming(FIB) technique.In this approach,the received wideband array signals are first processed by an FIB network,and then a traditional narrowband adaptive beamformer or an appropriate instantaneous blind source separation(BSS) algorithm can be applied to the network outputs.It is shown that with the proposed structure,cancellation of the desired signal is reduced,leading to a significantly improved output signal to interference plus noise ratio(SINR).
基金supported by the President Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (O729031511)
文摘Frequency-invariant beamformer （FIB） design is a key issue in wideband array signal processing. To use commonly wideband linear array with tapped delay line （TDL） structure and complex weights, the FIB design is provided according to the rule of minimizing the sidelobe level of the beampattern at the reference frequency while keeping the distortionless response constraint in the mainlobe direction at the reference frequency, the norm constraint of the weight vector and the amplitude constraint of the averaged spatial response variation （SRV）. This kind of beamformer design problem can be solved with the interior-point method after being converted to the form of standard second order cone programming （SOCP）. The computer simulations are presented which illustrate the effectiveness of our FIB design method for the wideband linear array with TDL structure and complex weights.
文摘针对实际环境中因麦克风阵列失配误差导致宽带波束形成器性能下降的问题,提出基于线性约束最小方差对角加载的稳健频率不变波束形成算法.该算法首先在线性约束最小方差准则的基础上,结合空间响应偏差函数,并对波束形成器权矢量的二范数施加不等式约束,再通过拉格朗日乘子法和凸优化工具箱CVX(Con Ve X)分别在不等约束条件下求得权矢量的解析解和全局最佳解,以有效解决麦克风的增益、相位和位置等的不确定性造成的失配误差问题,提高频率不变波束器的稳健性.仿真结果表明:采用拉格朗日乘子法求解该算法的最优权矢量所得到的波束形成器对失配误差最不敏感,性能最稳健.
