Robust supergain beamforming in mode space for an arbitrary baffled circular array

Chen Qian, Yixin Yang, Guoqiang Guo

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Abstract

Circular array used in practical applications often have sensors mounted on an arbitrary acoustic baffle. In this paper a model is presented for calculating the noise cross spectral matrix of such an array, thus array gain computation and weighting vector design for supergain beamformer can incorporate the baffle scatter effects by using the exact noise cross spectral matrix. However, supergain beamformer may be extremely sensitive to slight errors in array characteristics. Therefore, a new robust supergain beamforming method in mode space which adopts the white noise constraint and low mode orders under low frequencies is also presented. Results of computer simulation indicated that this method can provide a better beampattern performance than both conventional method and robust beamforming method in sensor space simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 IEEE Youth Conference on Information, Computing and Telecommunication, YC-ICT2009
Pages98-101
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE Youth Conference on Information, Computing and Telecommunication, YC-ICT2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 20 Sep 200921 Sep 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2009 IEEE Youth Conference on Information, Computing and Telecommunication, YC-ICT2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE Youth Conference on Information, Computing and Telecommunication, YC-ICT2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period20/09/0921/09/09

Keywords

  • Arbitrary baffle
  • Circular array
  • Mode space
  • Robust beamforming
  • Supergain

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