• DocumentCode
    2783037
  • Title

    Zero location study of the beam response of the maximum output SINR beamformer

  • Author

    Lei Zhang ; Wei Liu ; Bo Peng

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    27-29 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Based on the uniform linear array (ULA) structure, zero locations of the beam pattern of the maximum output SINR (signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio) beamformer are investigated. It is shown that for an M-sensor array, M - 1 nulls have to be formed in the optimum beam response and all of them are located on the unit circle. Furthermore, the nulls of the beamformer may shift from the real interference DOA angles to achieve the optimum output SINR. Analysis based on a 3-element ULA is provided, supported by simulations.
  • Keywords
    array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; interference (signal); 3-element ULA; M-sensor array; ULA structure; beam pattern; interference DOA angle; maximum output SINR beamformer; null beamformer; optimum beam response; optimum output SINR; signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio; uniform linear array; unit circle; zero location; beam pattern; uniform linear array; zero location;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensor Signal Processing for Defence (SSPD 2011)
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-661-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/ic.2011.0157
  • Filename
    6253413