Title :
A minimax approach to open-loop downlink beamforming
Author :
Panoff, Jerome ; Nagaraj, Shirish ; Gollamudi, Sridhar ; Huang, Eh Fang ; Nossek, Josef A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
A new method for downlink beamforming is analyzed in this paper. In this open-loop solution, a minimax algorithm based on optimal set membership filtering is utilized to synthesize a wide and power efficient beam. It is shown that the robustness of this method against angle spread and error of DOA estimation is greater than that of the classical methods
Keywords :
array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; minimax techniques; DOA estimation error; angle spread; minimax algorithm; open-loop downlink beamforming; optimal set membership filtering; uplink DOA estimates; Array signal processing; Base stations; Bit error rate; Circuit theory; Direction of arrival estimation; Downlink; Filtering; Minimax techniques; Robustness; Signal processing algorithms;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. ISCAS 2001. The 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2001.921009
