Title :
Blind beamforming with structured covariance
Author :
Yang, Chenyang ; Van Trees, Harry
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., China
Abstract :
Blind beamforming exploited the spatial structure properties is studied. Several structures of the covariance matrix based on the array geometry and the characteristic of sources and noise are applied for beamforming. The influence of spatial parameter estimation error on the performance is evaluated through simulations
Keywords :
array signal processing; covariance matrices; direction-of-arrival estimation; noise; DOA estimation; adaptive beamforming; array geometry; array signal processing; blind beamforming; covariance matrix; direction of arrival estimation; noise characteristics; simulations; source characteristics; spatial parameter estimation error; spatial structure properties; structured covariance; uniform linear array; Additive noise; Array signal processing; Bismuth; Covariance matrix; Direction of arrival estimation; Geometry; Interference; Parameter estimation; Sensor arrays; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing Proceedings, 2000. WCCC-ICSP 2000. 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5747-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICOSP.2000.894532