Pseudo-Interference Technique for Reducing the Mutual Coupling Effects in Adaptive Beamformers

Abstract:

A robust beamformer with pseudo-interference approach for reducing the effect of mutual coupling is present in this paper. This technique uses injected interference to improve the equivalent interference-to-noise ratio in the diagonally loaded Capon beamformer. The mutual coupling coefficients are estimated for interference correlation matrix reconstruction. The resulted beamformer is insensitive to the mutual coupling effects and angular mismatch.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 427-429)
• Pages: 2054-2058
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.427-429.2054
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Yi Chu*, Wei Yau Horng, Shinn Fwu Wang, Shyh Rong Lay, Yu Pin Liao
• Keywords: Adaptive Antenna Array, Interference Cancellation, Mutual Coupling, Robust Capon Beamformer, Subspace Techniques

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