Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (7): 2175-2183.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2024.07.01

• Electronic Technology •    

Robust beamforming method for multi-dimensional array tensor models

Quanyang BI, Dan LI, Jianqiu ZHANG   

  1. School of Information Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2023-07-12 Online:2024-06-28 Published:2024-07-02
  • Contact: Dan LI

Abstract:

Traditional beamforming performance will significantly degrade with insufficient training samples on multi-dimensional arrays with much higher dimensions. In this paper, a tensor beamforming method that has advantages in the number of training snapshots required is introduced based on the proposed tensor model and the separability of sub-dimensions for multi-dimensional arrays. Then, for coherent interference, based on the model of the sub-dimension' s interference covariance matrix in tensor beamforming, a robust tensor beamforming method is proposed by directly estimating the interference covariance matrix. Analysis shows that the proposed method could overcome the non-homogeneous clutter environment and coherent interference and obtain a higher output signal-to-interference-noise ratio. Taking the given two-dimensional polarization-sensitive array as an example, the number of training snaps required by the proposed method is 1/3 of the traditional method, and the output signal-to-interference-to-noise ratio increases by about 2.5 dB under coherent interference scenario. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the analysis.

Key words: robust beamforming, tensor beamforming, multi-dimensional array, coherent interference

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