Optimization of the Digital Near-Field Beamforming for Underwater 3-D Sonar Imaging System

This paper proposes a novel approximation for the delays of digital near-field beamforming based on a planar array. An optimized algorithm for the underwater 3-D sonar imaging system based on the novel approximation will also be described. The algorithm is applied to both an evenly spaced planar array and an unevenly spaced planar array. A data path for the optimized algorithm will be illustrated. Comparisons of the memory and the computational requirements between the optimized algorithm and the direct method (DM) beamforming will be presented. Comparisons of the proposed approximation and the Fresnel approximation will also be demonstrated. This paper illustrates that the proposed approximation enlarges the validity region of the system's view scene as compared with the Fresnel approximation. The optimized algorithm has the advantage of reducing the memory requirements for parameter storage comparing with DM beamforming.      

SAVSTMV波束形成算法研究

矢量阵常规波束形成(Vector array Conventional Beam Forming,VCBF)能够消除普通单线阵左右舷模糊现象,但VCBF波束宽度受到"瑞利限"的限制,不能分辨同一波束内的多个目标。矢量阵导向最小方差(Vector array STeered Minimum Variance,VSTMV)波束形成算法是一种宽带自适应波束形成算法,具有高分辨力和抗干扰性能。VSTMV波束形成直接在阵元域进行,计算量较大且稳健性差,不利于实时实现和应用。提出一种分子阵VSTMV波束形成算法(Sub-Array Vector array Steered Minimum Variance,SAVSTMV),可有效降低计算量,算法稳健性更强。通过理论研究和仿真计算,证明该算法比矢量阵常规波束形成算法具有更好的性能,有利于实际应用。     

一种有效抑制阵列后方声源的心形指向性传声器阵列

基于心形指向性传声器的波束形成可以有效抑制阵列后方声源的干扰,提高前方声源的识别精度。以平面轮形传声器阵列为对象,借助MATLAB仿真计算,对阵列后方声源波束形成声源识别特性及其抑制方法进行研究。基于除自谱的互谱波束形成算法提出了含有传声器指向性的波束形成算法,对圆形和心形指向性传声器进行不同声源类型的波束形成仿真计算,并针对仿真结果显示出的不足,给出了既能保证阵列平面上最大声压贡献量的识别精度,又能降低旁瓣水平的幅值校正算法。试验结果证明了基于心形指向性传声器的波束形成可以有效抑制后方声源。     

Improved Hybrid Precoding Technique with Low-Resolution for MIMO-OFDM System

This paper proposes an improved hybrid beamforming system based on multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) system. The proposed beamforming system improves energy efficiency compared to the conventional hybrid beamforming system. Both sub-connected and full-connected structure are considered to apply the proposed algorithm. In the conventional hybrid beamforming, the usage of radio frequency (RF) chains and phase shifter (PS) gives high power and hardware complexity. In this paper, the phase over sampling (POS) with switches (SW) is used in hybrid beamforming system to improve the energy efficiency. The POS-SW structure samples the value of analog beamformer to make lower resolution than conventional system. The number of output data in POS is decided by the resolution of POS system. The limited number of POS decides the resolution of antenna array and the values of POSs are designed from maximum and minimum phase angle antenna array. Energy efficiency without the phase shifter is high although channel capacity is nearly similar with conventional system. Also, the amplifier with POS-SW system is proposed to improve the BER performance. According to the data bits, the output signals of POS are decided. The system with 2, 3 and 4 bits is simulated to prove the proposed algorithm. In order to overcome the loss of low-resolution system, the amplifier with POS-SW system using channel information is proposed. The average sum-rate of 4 bits system shows the similar performance with the conventional hybrid beamforming system. This structure can play an important role by increasing the energy efficiency of the wireless communication system that many antennas are used. It is shown that the BER, average sum rate and energy efficiency of the proposed scheme are more improved than the conventional hybrid beamforming system.     

矢量水听器阵列虚拟阵元波束形成

在信号频率一定的情况下,常规波束形成方法需要通过增大基阵孔径来提高目标方位的估计精度,但这会受到实际工程应用的限制。在研究矢量水听器波束形成的基础上,提出了基于Taylor级数展开的虚拟阵元波束形成方法。该方法针对有限尺度双十字阵型的矢量水听器基阵,根据已知阵元接收的数据,运用Taylor级数展开方法估计虚拟阵元上的接收数据,使基阵孔径在虚拟意义上得以扩大。从而改善了阵列的波束性能,窄化主瓣和抑制旁瓣,实现了空间分辨率的提高。仿真和试验数据结果证明了该方法的有效性。     

非一致性噪声条件下的特征空间波束形成

由于水声环境的复杂性,阵列的噪声分布可能是非一致性的。当阵元噪声功率各不相同时,阵列协方差矩阵特征分解得到的特征子空间与真实目标的特征子空间之间存在误差,导致特征子空间波束形成算法的性能衰减。文章提出了一种新的非一致性噪声条件下特征子空间的估计方法,将阵列协方差矩阵对角线置0,进行特征分解估计的特征子空间将不受阵元噪声非一致性的影响。将该方法应用到特征空间波束形成算法,提高了非一致性噪声条件下特征空间波束形成算法的方位分辨能力。仿真和实验结果验证了所提方法的可行性和有效性。     

基于多普勒特征恢复的声矢量阵鲁棒自适应波束形成方法

在短快拍、信号导向矢量失配环境下,传统的自适应波束形成方法性能受到影响,对角加载技术是提高算法在复杂环境下性能鲁棒性的重要技术之一。针对水声环境和水声信号特点,提出一种基于声矢量阵的自适应波束形成方法。该方法利用水声信号的多普勒频率信息,在不同环境下自适应地选择最优对角加载因子,确定波束形成的权矢量,从而实现提取期望目标信号、抑制干扰和噪声的目的。无需任何用户参数,鲁棒性强、估计精度高。最后基于声矢量阵进行仿真实验,仿真结果证明了所提出的方法能够有效地获取目标信号,具有较好的抗干扰能力。     

基于最小一乘的虚拟阵元波束形成仿真研究

水下多波束成像系统成像质量的关键主要在于波束形成的质量。在信号频率一定时,常规相移波束形成只有通过增加基阵的孔径来得到更窄的波束,但是在有限的应用条件下,这种方法又受到实际工程的限制。因此,提出一种基于最小一乘估计的虚拟阵元波束形成方法。在低信噪比的情况下,利用最小一乘估计的稳健性可以得到更加准确的估计信号,从而在不增加基阵尺寸的情况下获得更窄和抗干扰性更强的波束,提高阵增益和声呐图像的角度分辨率。通过Matlab仿真并与其他方法比较验证,证明了上述方法的优越性。     

基于三阶累积量的稳健盲波束形成方法

盲波束形成的目的就是在不知道阵列流形先验信息的情况下,从阵列输出数据中恢复出源信号.对于独立源信号的盲分离,Cardoso和Souloumiac提出了一种基于四阶累积量的盲波束形成方法(Joint Approximate Diagonalisation of Eigen-matrices,JADE).然而,巨大的计算量...     

基于反卷积的双线阵聚焦波束形成被动定位方法

为了提高双线阵聚焦波束形成在阵元数少或频率低时的定位精度,文章研究了一种基于反卷积的双线阵聚焦波束形成被动定位方法。首先在测量区内对双线阵接收信号进行球面波补偿,给出噪声源分布的声图信息。然后根据阵型的参数,计算双线阵的指向性函数。最后利用一种适用于移变阵列的二维扩展R-L反卷积算法,对声图波束输出和双线阵的指向性函数做反卷积,求解基于反卷积波束形成的源的分布。该方法旁瓣更低,分辨力更高,有效提高双线阵聚焦波束形成的定位精度和左右舷分辨能力,为后续的减振降噪、噪声检测等工作提供了参考。     

一种利于工程应用的快速反卷积波束形成方法

针对传统的反卷积波束形成算法在处理宽带随机信号时计算量过大的问题,给出了一种利于工程应用的快速反卷积波束形成方法。利用不同频率阵列波束图的相似性,将宽带随机信号划分成非等间距的多个窄带,并在每个窄带取一个频率点的点扩散函数(Point Spread Function, PSF)进行反卷积的近似处理,极大地提高了反卷积波束形成的计算速度。通过在波束功率谱上进行边界扩展,解决了因 Richardson-Lucy(R-L)迭代算法带来的边界模糊问题,进一步提高了计算速度。仿真和海试结果表明,该方法相对于常规波束形成具有更高的分辨力、更高的处理增益和更好的旁瓣抑制能力;相对于传统反卷积波束形成计算速度提升了 50%以上。     

Scene-based nonuniformity correction for focal plane arrays by the method of the inverse covariance form

What is to our knowledge a new scene-based algorithm for nonuniformity correction in infrared focal-plane array sensors has been developed. The technique is based on the inverse covariance form of the Kalman filter (KF), which has been reported previously and used in estimating the gain and bias of each detector in the array from scene data. The gain and the bias of each detector in the focal-plane array are assumed constant within a given sequence of frames, corresponding to a certain time and operational conditions, but they are allowed to randomly drift from one sequence to another following a discrete-time Gauss-Markov process. The inverse covariance form filter estimates the gain and the bias of each detector in the focal-plane array and optimally updates them as they drift in time. The estimation is performed with considerably higher computational efficiency than the equivalent KF. The ability of the algorithm in compensating for fixed-pattern noise in infrared imagery and in reducing the computational complexity is demonstrated by use of both simulated and real data.     

Adaptive framework for robust high-resolution image reconstruction in multiplexed computational imaging architectures

In multiplexed computational imaging schemes, high-resolution images are reconstructed by fusing the information in multiple low-resolution images detected by a two-dimensional array of low-resolution image sensors. The reconstruction procedure assumes a mathematical model for the imaging process that could have generated the low-resolution observations from an unknown high-resolution image. In practical settings, the parameters of the mathematical imaging model are known only approximately and are typically estimated before the reconstruction procedure takes place. Violations to the assumed model, such as inaccurate knowledge of the field of view of the imagers, erroneous estimation of the model parameters, and/or accidental scene or environmental changes can be detrimental to the reconstruction quality, even if they are small in number. We present an adaptive algorithm for robust reconstruction of high-resolution images in multiplexed computational imaging architectures. Using robust M-estimators and incorporating a similarity measure, the proposed scheme adopts an adaptive estimation strategy that effectively deals with violations to the assumed imaging model. Comparisons with nonadaptive reconstruction techniques demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed algorithm in terms of reconstruction quality and robustness.     

基于独立分量分析的波束空间波达方向估计算法

波束空间变换是波达方向估计算法中重要的预处理方法,该方法适合大阵列、小信号源数的场合,可以有效降低运算量。但是目前存在的波束空间类DOA估计算法大多需要预知信号的大致来向,同时对阵型有要求。为了解决上述问题,提出一种基于独立分量分析的波束空间DOA估计算法,使用独立分量分析方法获得波束形成变换矩阵。该算法对阵型无要求、无需知道信号来向并且具备较强的角度分辨能力。仿真实验验证了有效性。     

Implementation of broadband low-sidelobe beamforming in time domain

In modern active and passive sonar systems, broadband beamforming for acoustic arrays is widely used to suppress unwanted interference and to detect target signals of interest. A broadband low sidelobe beamforming scheme in time domain is proposed in this paper. The first step of this scheme is to delay the outputs of each element in the acoustic array by a tapped-delay-line (TDL) to accomplish the integer part of the time delay need to form a beam. Then, finite impulse response (FIR) digital filters are used to implement the fractional part of the time delay. The weighting coefficients for all array elements at different frequencies to realize the low sidelobe beams are also implemented with the FIR digital filters. Finally, the outputs of the digital filters are summed up to yield the time domain beam output. The design of low sidelobe beam pattern and that of the FIR digital filters are two crucial technical issues in this beamforming procedure. The low sidelobe beams of each sub-band are designed using the optimized beam synthesis approach based on the principle of MVDR beamforming. An improved adaptive approach are used for the design of FIR digital filters, and the design requirements of these filters were specified by the weights of low sidelobe beams of each sub-band over the broad frequency band. Results of computer simulation for a twelve-element arc array show that the beamforming scheme is very effective in forming low sidelobe broadband beam.     

全设计频段束宽恒定的低旁瓣时域波束形成

为了在空域无失真地接收宽带信号和有效地抑制环境干扰,提出了全设计频段束宽恒定的低旁瓣时域波束形成方法。首先,把宽带信号分为几个子带,应用半定规划的优化方法设计这些子带中心频率上的加权,使所形成的波束主瓣与设计带宽中最低频率上的波束相同,同时约束其具有低旁瓣特征。然后,设计FIR滤波器拟合这些离散频率点上恒定束宽加权所表示的幅相加权。显然,设计得到的FIR滤波器的幅相响应给出了全设计频段上的幅相加权。最后应用该方法,针对阵元具有方向性的12元均匀离散圆弧阵,设计覆盖一个倍频程的低旁瓣时域恒定束宽波束形成器,并使用线性调频信号作为测试信号,验证了所提方法的有效性。     

基于改进FISTA的高分辨率声源定位方法

为提高快速迭代收缩阈值算法(Fast Iterative Shrinkage-Thresholding Algorithm, FISTA)在反卷积波束形成中的空间分辨率以及计算速度,采用基于快速傅里叶变换的声学模型,引入过松弛方法和“贪婪”重启策略,提出两种改进的快速迭代收缩阈值算法,即基于快速傅里叶变换的过松弛单调快速迭代收缩阈值算法(Over-relaxed MonotoneFast Iterative Shrinkage-Thresholding Algorithm based on Fast Fourier Transform, FFT-OMFISTA)和基于快速傅里叶变换的“贪婪”快速迭代收缩阈值算法("Greedy" Fast Iterative Shrinkage-Thresholding Algorithm based on Fast FourierTransform, FFT-GFISTA),并应用于反卷积波束形成的求解过程中。设计了单声源和双声源的仿真与实验,验证了所提算法的有效性与优越性。结果表明,两种所提算法都具有良好的性能,都能在声源定位中实现更高的空间分辨率以及更快的计算速度。     

基于L型稀疏阵列的二维波达方向估计

针对传统的二维波达方向估计方法估计的信源数少、计算复杂度大的问题,提出了一种基于L型稀疏阵列的二维波达方向估计方法,利用安放在L型阵列上的互偶阵列来形成虚拟阵列,从而增加阵列自由度;通过将虚拟阵列分成若干个等间隔稀疏子阵列来压缩角度搜索区间,从而降低计算复杂度;通过MUSIC搜索得到谱峰,并利用最大似然准则筛选和匹配入射信号的俯仰角和方位角。该方法使可估计的信源数超过实际的物理阵元数,不仅提高估计精度且大大降低了计算复杂度。MATLAB仿真结果验证了该方法的有效性。     

Iterative bit and power allocation for multi-cell orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with minimum variance distortionless response beamforming

This paper develops bit and power allocation schemes with beamforming for multi-cell orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems on uplink. The model of the multi-cell channel with frequency reuse is considered. The transmit signal from each mobile causes interference to the received signals of other base stations. The schemes aim to minimise the total mobile transmit power while satisfying the required data rate and the bit error rate (BER) of each mobile. The proposed schemes offer better performance than that of the fixed bit allocation method. The proposed distributed allocation scheme reduces computational complexity compared to the proposed centralised multi-user greedy method with insignificant performance degradation. The simulation results are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed schemes.     

基于近场波束形成法的声发射源定位研究

引入近场波束形成法处理声发射信号,研究在小区域布置少量传感器来实现声发射源定位的新方法.首先,利用板波理论进行声发射信号传播特性研究,对比了板中声发射信号与空气中声波传播的差异性,分析了波束形成法应用于声发射源定位的问题.并在板上进行断铅实验,验证了近场波束形成法进行声发射源定位的有效性.最后,在旋转机械碰摩模拟实验台上进行了碰摩实验,利用波束形成法进行碰摩声发射源定位,所提出的方法能有效地定位旋转机械初始碰摩位置.所得结果可为声发射源定位提供一种新途径.