Title :
Robust beamforming based on variable loading
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel beamformer based on variable loading technique is presented. It is more robust than the widely used diagonal loading technique against steering errors or lack of training data. Computer results demonstrate good performance of the proposed beamformer.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; array signal processing; beam steering; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; novel beamformer; robust beamforming; steering errors; training data lack; variable loading;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20057279
