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The array polynomial is the z-transform of the array weights for a narrowband planewave beamformer using a uniform linear array (ULA). Evaluating the array polynomial on the unit circle in the complex plane yields the beampattern. The…
We study the properties of beamformers in their ability to either maintain or estimate the true signal power of the signal of interest (SOI). Our focus is particularly on the Capon beamformer and the minimum mean squared error (MMSE)…
Hybrid beamforming architectures reduce hardware complexity but restrict access to full array observations, rendering direct implementation of classical covariance based methods such as minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) and…
The Minimum Variance Distortionless Response (MVDR) beamforming technique is widely applied in array systems to mitigate interference. However, applying MVDR to large arrays is computationally challenging; its computational complexity…
Applying a sparse constraint on the beam pattern has been suggested to suppress the sidelobe of the minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer recently. To further improve the performance, we add a mixed norm constraint on…
Minimum Variance Distortionless Response (MVDR) is a classical adaptive beamformer that theoretically ensures the distortionless transmission of signals in the target direction, which makes it popular in real applications. Its noise…
In dynamic acoustic environments with time-varying interferers, effective beamforming requires identifying stationary regions over time. The Capon beamformer, a whitened matched filter constrained to maintain unity gain in the desired…
This paper studies the coordinated beamforming design problem for the multiple-input single-output (MISO) interference channel, assuming only channel distribution information (CDI) at the transmitters. Under a given requirement on the rate…
Low-complexity beamformer design with practical constraints is an attractive research area for hybrid analog/digital systems in mm-wave massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). This paper investigates interference-aware pre-beamformer…
A full performance analysis of the widely linear (WL) minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer is introduced. While the WL MVDR is known to outperform its strictly linear counterpart, the Capon beamformer, for noncircular…
This study employs a uniform rectangular array (URA) sub-connected hybrid beamforming (SC-HBF) architecture to provide a novel self-interference (SI) suppression scheme in a full-duplex (FD) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO)…
Applying a sparse constraint on the beam pattern has been suggested to suppress the sidelobe level of a minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer. In this letter, we introduce a weighted sparse constraint in the beamformer…
In dynamic acoustic environments characterized by time-varying interferers and moving sources, effective beamforming requires accurately identifying stationary regions over time. Traditional Capon beamformers rely on the instantaneous…
Beamformers often trade off white noise gain against the ability to suppress interferers. With distributed microphone arrays, this trade-off becomes crucial as different arrays capture vastly different magnitude and phase differences for…
This paper optimizes the beamforming design of a downlink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) system to maximize the weighted communication sum-rate under a prescribed transmit covariance…
The robust beamforming problem in multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink networks of simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is studied in this paper. Adopting the time switching fashion to perform energy…
Motivated by massive deployment of low data rate Internet of things (IoT) and ehealth devices with requirement for highly reliable communications, this paper proposes receive beamforming techniques for the uplink of a single-input…
Inter-user interference (IUI) mitigation has been an essential issue for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications. The commonly used linear processing schemes include the maximum-ratio combining (MRC), zero-forcing…
This paper investigates the joint design of the beamforming scheme in intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted multiuser (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink transmissions. Channel estimation errors associated with the…
In the recent past, there have been several efforts in accelerating computationally heavy beamforming algorithms such as minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamforming to achieve real-time performance comparable to the popular…