NDLI: Maximally Robust Capon Beamformer

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Rubsamen, M. Pesavento, M.
Copyright Year	1991
Abstract	The standard Capon beamformer (SCB) achieves the maximum output signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio in the error-free case. However, estimation errors of the signal steering vector and the array covariance matrix can result in severe performance deteriorations of the SCB, especially if the training data contains the desired signal component. A popular technique to improve the robustness against model errors is to compute the Capon beamformer with the maximum output power, considering an uncertainty set for the signal steering vector. However, maximizing the total beamformer output power may result in an insufficient suppression of interferers and noise. As an alternative approach to mitigate the detrimental effect of model errors, we propose to compute the Capon beamformer with the minimum sensitivity, considering the uncertainty set for the signal steering vector. The proposed maximally robust Capon beamformer (MRCB) is at least as robust as the maximum output power Capon beamformer with the same uncertainty set for the signal steering vector. We show that the MRCB can be implemented efficiently using Lagrange duality. Simulation results demonstrate that the MRCB outperforms state-of-the-art robust adaptive beamformers in many scenarios.
Sponsorship	IEEE Signal Processing Society
Starting Page	2030
Ending Page	2041
Page Count	12
File Size	3220823
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1053587X
Volume Number	61
Issue Number	8
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Vectors Uncertainty Signal to noise ratio Arrays Covariance matrix Robustness Interference Robust adaptive beamforming
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Signal Processing Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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