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An Improved Reduced-Dimension Robust Capon Beamforming Method Using Krylov Subspace Techniques
by Xiaolin Wang, Xihai Jiang and Yaowu Chen
Sensors 2024, 24(22), 7152; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24227152 - 7 Nov 2024
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A reduced-dimension robust Capon beamforming method using Krylov subspace techniques (RDRCB) is a diagonal loading algorithm with low complexity, fast convergence and strong anti-interference ability. The diagonal loading level of RDRCB is known to become invalid if the initial value of the Newton [...] Read more.
A reduced-dimension robust Capon beamforming method using Krylov subspace techniques (RDRCB) is a diagonal loading algorithm with low complexity, fast convergence and strong anti-interference ability. The diagonal loading level of RDRCB is known to become invalid if the initial value of the Newton iteration method is incorrect and the Hessel matrix is non-positive definite. To improve the robustness of RDRCB, an improved RDRCB (IRDRCB) was proposed in this study. We analyzed the variation in the loading factor with the eigenvalues of the reduced-dimensional covariance matrix and derived the upper and lower boundaries of the diagonal loading level; the diagonal loading level of the IRDRCB was kept within the bounds mentioned above. The computer simulation results show that the IRDRCB can effectively solve the problems of a sharp decline in the signal-to-noise ratio gain and an invalid diagonal loading level. The experimental results demonstrate that the interference noise of the IRDRCB is 3~5 dB higher than that of conventional adaptive beamforming, and the computational complexity is reduced by 15% to 20% compared with that of the RCB method. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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On the 2D Beampattern Optimization of Sparse Group-Constrained Robust Capon Beamforming with Conformal Arrays
by Yan Dai, Chao Sun and Xionghou Liu
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(2), 421; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16020421 - 21 Jan 2024
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To overcome the problems of the high sidelobe levels and low computational efficiency of traditional Capon-based beamformers in optimizing the two-dimensional (elevation–azimuth) beampatterns of conformal arrays, in this paper, we propose a robust Capon beamforming method with sparse group constraints that is solved [...] Read more.
To overcome the problems of the high sidelobe levels and low computational efficiency of traditional Capon-based beamformers in optimizing the two-dimensional (elevation–azimuth) beampatterns of conformal arrays, in this paper, we propose a robust Capon beamforming method with sparse group constraints that is solved using the alternating-direction method of multipliers (ADMM). A robustness constraint based on worst-case performance optimization (WCPO) is imposed on the standard Capon beamformer (SCB) and then the sparse group constraints are applied to reduce the sidelobe level. The constraints are two sparsity constraints: the group one and the individual one. The former was developed to exploit the sparsity between groups based on the fact that the sidelobe can be divided into several different groups according to spatial regions in two-dimensional beampatterns, rather than different individual points in one-dimensional (azimuth-only) beampatterns. The latter is considered to emphasize the sparsity within groups. To solve the optimization problem, we introduce the ADMM to obtain the closed-form solution iteratively, which requires less computational complexity than the existing methods, such as second-order cone programming (SOCP). Numerical examples show that the proposed method can achieve flexible sidelobe-level control, and it is still effective in the case of steering vector mismatch. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Array Signal Processing for Target Imaging and Detection)
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