Consider the problems of frequency-invariant beampattern optimization and robustness in broadband beamforming.Firstly,a global optimization algorithm,which is based on phase compensation of the array manifolds,is used...Consider the problems of frequency-invariant beampattern optimization and robustness in broadband beamforming.Firstly,a global optimization algorithm,which is based on phase compensation of the array manifolds,is used to construct the frequency-invariant beampattern.Compared with some methods presented recently,the proposed algorithm is not only available to get the global optimal solution,but also simple for physical realization.Meanwhile,a robust adaptive broadband beamforming algorithm is also derived by reconstructing the covariance matrix.The essence of the proposed algorithm is to estimate the space-frequency spectrum using Capon estimator firstly,then integrate over a region separated from the desired signal direction to reconstruct the interference-plus-noise covariance matrix,and finally caleulate the adaptive beamformer weights with the reconstructed matrix.The design of beamformer is formulated as a convex optimization problem to be solved.Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is almost always close to the optimal value across a wide range of signal to noise ratios.展开更多
The striations of the reverberation spectrum in the time-frequency distribution were observed in a shallow water acoustic experiment in 2002. A model following the coherent reverberation model developed in 2002 is pre...The striations of the reverberation spectrum in the time-frequency distribution were observed in a shallow water acoustic experiment in 2002. A model following the coherent reverberation model developed in 2002 is presented to explain the observed striations. To examine the consistency between the measured data and numerical predictions, we have used a method based on Radon transform for determining the slope of the striations to the measured reverberation data and numerical predictions. The results indicate that the previously developed coherent reverberation model can predict the interference structure of the reverberation intensity in the time-frequency distribution.展开更多
常规波束形成主瓣随频率和指向变化,为了实现频率方向二维主瓣恒定,本文基于约束优化的方法,提出了一种宽带频率-方向不变恒定主瓣波束形成算法,并将之应用到宽带信号到达角(Direction of arrival,DOA)估计中。首先在参考频率上约束方...常规波束形成主瓣随频率和指向变化,为了实现频率方向二维主瓣恒定,本文基于约束优化的方法,提出了一种宽带频率-方向不变恒定主瓣波束形成算法,并将之应用到宽带信号到达角(Direction of arrival,DOA)估计中。首先在参考频率上约束方向不变主瓣恒定,然后在不同指向上约束频率不变主瓣恒定,并将约束问题表示为标准的二阶锥规划形式,运用SeDuMi求解最优权向量。仿真实验表明,本文提出的算法能够实现不同频率不同指向上波束主瓣恒定,与频率不变波束相比,采用频率-方向不变波束的DOA估计方法降低了信噪比分辨门限,提高了估计精度。展开更多
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
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51279043,61201411)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(HEUCF120502)the National Key Laboratory on Underwater Acoustic Technology Foundation of China(9140C200203110C2001)
文摘Consider the problems of frequency-invariant beampattern optimization and robustness in broadband beamforming.Firstly,a global optimization algorithm,which is based on phase compensation of the array manifolds,is used to construct the frequency-invariant beampattern.Compared with some methods presented recently,the proposed algorithm is not only available to get the global optimal solution,but also simple for physical realization.Meanwhile,a robust adaptive broadband beamforming algorithm is also derived by reconstructing the covariance matrix.The essence of the proposed algorithm is to estimate the space-frequency spectrum using Capon estimator firstly,then integrate over a region separated from the desired signal direction to reconstruct the interference-plus-noise covariance matrix,and finally caleulate the adaptive beamformer weights with the reconstructed matrix.The design of beamformer is formulated as a convex optimization problem to be solved.Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is almost always close to the optimal value across a wide range of signal to noise ratios.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10734100)
文摘The striations of the reverberation spectrum in the time-frequency distribution were observed in a shallow water acoustic experiment in 2002. A model following the coherent reverberation model developed in 2002 is presented to explain the observed striations. To examine the consistency between the measured data and numerical predictions, we have used a method based on Radon transform for determining the slope of the striations to the measured reverberation data and numerical predictions. The results indicate that the previously developed coherent reverberation model can predict the interference structure of the reverberation intensity in the time-frequency distribution.
文摘常规波束形成主瓣随频率和指向变化,为了实现频率方向二维主瓣恒定,本文基于约束优化的方法,提出了一种宽带频率-方向不变恒定主瓣波束形成算法,并将之应用到宽带信号到达角(Direction of arrival,DOA)估计中。首先在参考频率上约束方向不变主瓣恒定,然后在不同指向上约束频率不变主瓣恒定,并将约束问题表示为标准的二阶锥规划形式,运用SeDuMi求解最优权向量。仿真实验表明,本文提出的算法能够实现不同频率不同指向上波束主瓣恒定,与频率不变波束相比,采用频率-方向不变波束的DOA估计方法降低了信噪比分辨门限,提高了估计精度。
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).
