波束形成后多干扰抵消方法

为解决常规波束形成后干扰抵消方法仅能从目标波束内消除一个干扰影响的局限性,提出了一种可实现多干扰抑制的波束形成后干扰抵消方法,用于解决多干扰条件下的弱目标波束形成问题.该方法通过最小化多个干扰波束对目标波束的影响,获得用于抵消干扰波束的加权值;然后从目标波束中减去加权后的干扰波束,从而获得抑制干扰后的目标波束。该方法继承了常规波束形成方法的稳健性,因此在阵列流型失配等存在误差的条件下可以用于目标波束形成。仿真和海上实验数据表明,与最小方差无失真响应方法和解卷积的常规波束形成方法相比,该方法可以有效抑制干扰的影响,且当目标与任一干扰方位相近时,其方位谱中可以观察到目标波束,而另外两种方法的目标波束均被干扰波束或其旁瓣所掩盖;与设置凹槽的波束图综合方法相比,该方法算法复杂度低,计算速度快,稳健性更好。      

基于近场聚焦逆波束形成的UUV平台噪声自适应抵消

UUV平台自噪声会对舷侧阵产生干扰，从而影响其探测性能，本文针对平台尾部自噪声源的直达噪声和海面反射噪声，提出了基于近场聚焦逆波束形成的平台噪声自适应抵消方法。文中利用UUV平台设计参数、深度以及运动姿态信息对尾部自噪声传播到舷侧阵的路径建立几何模型，并分析了影响该路径的因素；通过该模型，平台尾部自噪声能够实时自适应地通过聚焦波束形成被估计出来，从而在舷侧阵的接收信号中实现干扰抵消。仿真结果与海试实验数据处理结果表明，该方法能够有效抑制尾部自噪声干扰，显著提高UUV探测弱目标的能力。     

子空间方法用于宽容的自适应波束形成

由于浅海波导和接收阵本身存在大量的不确实性,使得接收到的阵数据产生严重的失真,而常见的自适应波束形成方法如MVDR对失配很敏感。为此,本文提出了一种宽容性的自适应子空间波束形成方法。考虑一个具有空间特征的信号位于已知的子空间,但在子空间中的具体位置未知,并将干扰建模为子空间干扰。首先对未知参量进行最大似然估计,代入似然比检测中得到广义似然比检测(GLRT),从而得到子空间波束形成器。通过对不同失配情况下仿真以及实际海试数据处理验证了子空间波束形成器的性能,仿真和实验数据处理结果表明,子空间波束形成器比MVDR更宽容,比较明显提高检测和估计性能。     

协方差矩阵重构的稳健自适应波束形成算法

针对协方差矩阵含有期望信号成分以及波束指向角失配时,传统自适应波束形成器性能严重下降的问题,提出了协方差矩阵重构的稳健自适应波束形成算法。该算法将全空域划分成若干互不重叠的区域,分别对应干扰区域与信号区域,先利用Capon波束形成器对干扰区域积分,由此构造出干扰协方差矩阵。然后,利用标准Capon波束形成器的波束域MUSIC谱估计法对信号区域积分,重构出信号协方差矩阵,以其主特征向量作为期望信号导引向量估计。由于算法重构了干扰加噪声协方差矩阵并对导引向量进行了修正,保证了自适应波束形成器的性能。理论分析和仿真实验结果表明,算法在训练数据含有期望信号成分和波束指向角度失配情况下具有良好的性能。      

有源声呐距离维波束形成方法

针对脉冲压缩处理所获得的距离分辨率和干扰抑制能力不足的问题,提出了有源声呐距离维波束形成方法。该方法从单个脉冲回波的频域输出中提取多组子带分量,每个子带分量的中心频率形成等差数列,对应的相移形成复指数等比数列(可类比于均匀直线阵的阵列流形向量)。根据这一特点,使用多组子带分量构建协方差矩阵,根据中心频率设计距离维加权向量,建立了距离维波束形成模型。给出了距离维常规波束形成和距离维自适应波束形成的表达式、处理流程,对距离分辨率和干扰抑制能力进行了分析。利用数值仿真和水池实验证明,距离维常规波束形成可获得与脉冲压缩处理类似的距离分辨率,而距离维自适应波束形成可获得更高的距离分辨率和更优的距离维干扰抑制能力。      

基于主副瓣比加权的未知线谱目标检测方法研究

针对目标辐射线谱信号未知时的目标检测问题,依据水下目标辐射噪声含有高强度稳定线谱这一特征,该文提出了一种基于波束形成主副瓣比加权的宽带波束形成目标检测方法。该方法首先用二阶锥优化各频带波束形成,得到低旁瓣高增益波束形成;其次利用各频率单元波束形成主副瓣差异形成加权因子;然后利用加权因子对各频率单元波束形成进行加权统计,可以抑制背景噪声能量干扰,增强目标检测信噪比增益,克服传统线谱检测四维显示难点。理论分析和实验结果表明：该方法可以较好地增强目标线谱单元能量、抑制噪声、提高信噪比,改善能量累积检测法在远程目标检测方面的性能。     

频域盲源分离与波束形成结合抑制方向性强干扰方法

针对方向性强干扰严重影响无源声呐弱目标检测的问题,提出了频域盲源分离与波束形成结合的干扰抑制方法:以子带分解的方法实现宽带干扰抑制。对每个子带进行频域盲源分离,并估计出各分离信号的方位,将与给定强干扰方位匹配的分离信号置零,利用估计的解混矩阵和处理后的分离信号重构回阵元域信号并进行波束形成实现目标方位估计。声呐模拟器数据与海试数据验证结果表明,相对于传统零陷常规波束形成与零陷最小方差无失真响应波束形成方法有2 dB以上的增益,约6 dB的背景级降低,证明该方法在抑制方向性强干扰方面是有效的。      

线性约束自适应逆波束形成研究

逆波束形成较常规波束形成有较好的方位分辨力,但其旁瓣较高,为抑制旁瓣并进一步提高阵增益和方位分辨力,本文提出一种自适应逆波束形成方法,通过设计自适应滤波器对虚拟阵列进行加权,提高阵增益和方位分辨力。理论分析表明自适应逆波束形成能够抑制旁瓣和噪声,阵增益较常规波束形成和逆波束形成提高约3 d B,数值仿真结果表明,自适应逆波束形成的旁瓣降低,阵增益和方位分辨力提高,实验数据处理结果表明自适应逆波束形成具有良好的方位分辨能力和目标检测能力,从而验证了其抑制旁瓣、提高方位分辨力和阵增益的有效性。     

可变不确定集约束的鲁棒自适应波束形成方法

自适应波束形成方法在存在协方差矩阵误差和导向向量误差的失配条件中性能严重下降。最差情况性能最优。(Worst-Case Performance Optimization,WCPO)方法可以显著增强失配条件下自适应波束形成的鲁棒性,但该方法存在系统性的信号功率过估计问题,并且限定协方差矩阵不确定集与导向向量不确定集的两个关键参数需要人为指定,缺乏具备明确物理意义的求解方法和数据自适应性.本文以WCPO方法为基础,给出了信号功率过估计的理论分析以及相应的改进方法,提出了基于矩阵重构的协方差矩阵不确定集参数的自适应估计方法,最终得到一种可变不确定集约束的鲁棒自适应波束形成方法(WCPO-PCVC).相比WCPO方法,该方法消除了信号功率估计的系统性偏差,且关键参数无需人为指定。数值仿真和海试数据处理结果表明,该方法在失配条件下具有良好的干扰与旁瓣抑制能力,与常规波束形成方法相比具有更好的信号到达角分辨能力,与自适应波束形成方法相比估计的信号功率更为精准。      

结合精确阵列响应控制的时域宽带波束图综合

提出了采用时域结构的低计算复杂度宽带波束图综合方法。首先,引入自适应零陷波束设计思想,通过在特定频率与角度设置虚拟干扰源,实现对旁瓣区域阵列响应的精确控制,多次迭代控制后满足波束设计要求。其次,所提方法能够在现有波束设计基础上实现灵活调整,根据旁瓣级等设计参数的变化快速更新波束图。理论研究表明,相较现有采用内点法的波束图综合方法,所提方法降低了单次迭代计算复杂度,有效提升了波束设计效率。仿真实验与半消声室实验结果表明,该方法所设计波束形成器相较传统固定波束形成器具有更低的旁瓣级,并且对方向性干扰有更好的抑制效果。     

Robust adaptive acoustic vector sensor beamforming using automated diagonal loading

In this paper, a novel robust adaptive acoustic vector sensor beamformer based on shrinkage is derived. Unlike many existing methods, the proposed method is completely automatic (or so-called user parameter-free), which means, it do not need the choice of user parameters. The proposed diagonal loading algorithms use shrinkage-based covariance matrix estimates, instead of the conventional sample covariance matrix, in the standard Capon acoustic vector sensor beamforming formulation. The numerical results show that our method is robust against errors on the steering vector and small sample sizes, and meanwhile gives high output signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR).     

海洋环境噪声场对称性分析及噪声消除方法

实际的海洋环境是非常复杂的,存在着海洋自噪声、舰船噪声、生物发声等,阵元接收到的噪声信号存在一定的相关性,此时基于传统阵列信号处理的目标方位估计方法的性能将变差,针对这一问题,提出了一种实部消除方法.首先从阵元接收环境噪声的物理机理出发,将圆环阵接收的噪声场分解为对称噪声场和非对称噪声场,并且研究发现对称噪声场只影响数据协方差矩阵的实部.然后通过消除协方差矩阵实部,达到消除对称噪声场的目的,提高信噪比,但是同时产生了虚假声源.针对虚假声源的问题,提出了基于优化算法重构协方差矩阵实部的方法,消除了虚假声源的影响.仿真分析与海试数据处理结果表明:该方法明显消除了对称噪声,提高了信噪比,改善了阵列信号处理算法的性能.实部消除方法易于实现,有一定的工程应用价值.     

基于干扰协方差矩阵重构的恒定束宽鲁棒自适应波束形成

针对宽带波束形成中的恒定束宽波束响应优化设计问题与鲁棒性问题展开研究。首先,提出一种基于相位补偿的恒定束宽全局优化设计方法,通过对阵列流形向量进行相位补偿来设计恒定束宽波束,与现有的一些方法相比,该方法不仅能获得全局最优解,而且物理实现简单。同时,还提出一种基于协方差矩阵重构的鲁棒自适应宽带波束形成算法。该算法采用Capon估计器估计样本数据的空间一频率谱密度函数,然后对期望信号波达方向之外的角度区间进行积分来重构干扰加噪声协方差矩阵,最后利用重构的协方差矩阵设计自适应波束形成器权系数。该波束形成器设计问题被表述成凸优化问题求解。仿真结果表明,在整个输入信噪比范围内,该算法几乎都能获得接近理想值的输出信干噪比。      

MASS-RAB: Robust adaptive beamforming for general-rank signal models via matched spatial spectrum processing

The wavefront of acoustic signal suffers from fast fluctuation after a long distance propagation in a random and inhomogeneous ocean channel, which makes the rank of the covariance matrix for the desired signal (signal of interest) remarkably higher than one. Consequently, the assumption of rank-one point signal model for existing adaptive beamforming algorithms is no longer suitable. In this paper, a matched spatial spectrum processing based robust adaptive beamforming (MASS-RAB) algorithm is presented for general-rank signal models. First, the interference-plus-noise covariance matrix and the desired signal covariance matrix are reconstructed using the matched spatial spectrum processing method. Second, the weight vector is directly calculated using these reconstructed covariance matrices for the minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) algorithm, which is developed for the general-rank signal models. Due to covariance matrix reconstruction, the MASS-RAB algorithm is more robust than those methods relying on the sample covariance matrix. The cases of the rank-one point signal model and the full-rank non-point signal model are considered by several numerical examples. Experimental results have demonstrated the superiority of the proposed MASS-RAB method.     

Frequency-invariant robust adaptive beamforming based on interference covariance matrix reconstruction

Consider the problems of frequency-invariant beampattern optimization and robustness in broadband beamforming.Firstly,a global optimization algorithm,which is based on phase compensation of the array manifolds,is used to construct the frequency-invariant beampattern.Compared with some methods presented recently,the proposed algorithm is not only available to get the global optimal solution,but also simple for physical realization.Meanwhile,a robust adaptive broadband beamforming algorithm is also derived by reconstructing the covariance matrix.The essence of the proposed algorithm is to estimate the space-frequency spectrum using Capon estimator firstly,then integrate over a region separated from the desired signal direction to reconstruct the interference-plus-noise covariance matrix,and finally caleulate the adaptive beamformer weights with the reconstructed matrix.The design of beamformer is formulated as a convex optimization problem to be solved.Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is almost always close to the optimal value across a wide range of signal to noise ratios.     

Motion compensation for adaptive horizontal line array processing

Large aperture horizontal line arrays have small resolution cells and can be used to separate a target signal from an interference signal by array beamforming. High-resolution adaptive array processing can be used to place a null at the interference signal so that the array gain can be much higher than that of conventional beamforming. But these nice features are significantly degraded by the source motion, which reduces the time period under which the environment can be considered stationary from the array processing point of view. For adaptive array processing, a large number of data samples are generally required to minimize the variance of the cross-spectral density, or the covariance matrix, between the array elements. For a moving source and interference, the penalty of integrating over a large number of samples is the spread of signal and interference energy to more than one or two eigenvalues. The signal and interference are no longer clearly identified by the eigenvectors and, consequently, the ability to suppress the interference suffers. We show in this paper that the effect of source motion can be compensated for the (signal) beam covariance matrix, thus allowing integration over a large number of data samples without loss in the signal beam power. We employ an equivalent of a rotating coordinate frame to track the signal bearing change and use the waveguide invariant theory to compensate the signal range change by frequency shifting.     

基于半定规划和秩-1分解的稳健波束形成

针对标准Capon波束形成器在存在导向矢量失配时性能急剧下降问题, 提出了一种基于半定规划和秩-1分解的稳健波束形成算法. 该方法通过对实际导向矢量的估计提高自适应波束形成算法稳健性. 首先分别从干扰抑制和噪声抑制两个方面推导了新导向矢量应满足的约束条件, 并证明了利用矩阵滤波器构造约束条件的合理性; 构造了估计最优导向矢量的优化问题并将其转化为易于求解的松弛半定规划问题, 同时引入秩-1分解理论用于优化问题的求解. 仿真分析表明, 与目前较为常见的算法相比, 本文算法只需利用期望信号可能入射区间这一先验信息, 能获得更高输出信干噪比和功率估计精度. 关键词： 稳健自适应波束形成 半定规划 秩-1分解 导向矢量估计     

密布式多输入多输出声呐阵列目标波达方向估计

针对低信噪比条件下多输入多输出声呐受对称噪声分量影响导致测向性能降低的情况,提出了一种基于协方差矩阵重构方法的波达方向估计算法。首先,将噪声场分为对称噪声和非对称噪声两部分,利用协方差矩阵虚部与对称信号无关的性质,去掉协方差矩阵的实部来降低对称噪声对目标波达方向估计精度的影响,采用降维转换方法和矩阵虚部置换原理重构协方差矩阵的实部,避免了双频谱的干扰。然后利用Toeplitz方法对重构的协方差矩阵进行解相干修正,通过奇异值分解获得噪声子空间,最后对目标的波达方向进行估计,可实现微弱信号的准确测向。理论分析和实验结果表明,该方法明显抑制了对称噪声,提高了目标的波达方向估计性能,具有运算速度快、自由度高和目标分辨力强的特点。      

Waveguide invariant focusing for broadband beamforming in an oceanic waveguide

The performance of broadband sonar array processing can degrade significantly in shallow-water environments when interference becomes angularly spread due to multipath propagation. Particularly for towed line arrays near endfire, elevation angle spreading of multipath interference often results in masking of weaker sources of interest. While adaptive beamforming in a series of narrow frequency bands can suppress coherent multipath interference, this approach requires long observation times to estimate the required narrowband covariance matrices. To form wideband covariance matrices which can be estimated with less observation time, plane-wave focusing methods have been used to avoid interference covariance matrix rank inflation. This paper extends wideband focusing to the case of coherent multipath interference. The approach presented here, called waveguide invariant focusing (WIF), exploits a robust relationship for the frequency dependence of horizontal wave number differences. Unlike matched-field methods, WIF does not model multipath wave fronts but rather makes the interference appear to occupy the same rank-one subspace across frequency. This permits formation of wideband covariance matrices without interference rank inflation. Simulation experiments in a realistic ocean environment indicate that adaptive beamforming using WIF covariance matrices can provide a significant array gain improvement over conventional adaptive methods with limited observation time.