Robust supergain beamforming for circular array via second-order cone programming

The phenomenon of supergain for a circular array and its robust beamforming are presented. The coplanar superdirective array gain of the circular array, although it is not so extreme as an endfire line array, outperforms a lot over that of a conventional delay-and-sum beamformer in isotropic noise fields when the inter-element spacings are much smaller than one-half wavelength. However, optimum beamforming algorithms can be extremely sensitive to slight errors in array characteristics. The performance are known to degrade significantly if some of underlying assumptions on the sensor array is violated. Therefore, white noise gain constraint is used to improve the robustness of the supergain beamformer against random errors. We show that the design of the weight vector of robust supergain beamformer can be reformulated as a form of second-order cone programming and resolved efficiently via the well-established interior point method. Results of computer simulation for a 24-element circular array confirm satisfactory performance of the approach proposed in this paper.     

平面波超声成像中的波束合成方法研究进展*

平面波成像通过单次全孔径发射-接收即可获取整幅图像,将成像帧频显著地提升至1000帧/秒以上。然而,平面波成像过程中发射的非聚焦波束将导致回波信号信噪比降低,进而使图像的分辨率和对比度变差。通过多角度相干复合成像技术可以改善平面波成像的图像质量,但是会以牺牲帧频为代价。因此研究人员们开始将新型波束合成技术引入平面波成像中,例如自适应波束合成、基于逆问题求解的波束合成及基于深度学习的波束合成方法等,以期实现图像质量和成像帧频间更好的权衡。该文综述了平面波成像中的新型波束合成方法领域的研究进展,并对该应用进行了总结和展望。     

瞬时混合盲源分离和最优波束形成的关系研究

最优波束形成和盲源分离是近几十年迅速发展起来的两种重要阵列信号处理方法,在瞬时混合情况下它们具有相似的信号模型,所以本文研究了二者之间的关系。指出,当不存在噪声时,多数盲源分离算法构造的是最优波束形成;当存在噪声时,可以利用盲源分离算法估计的信号导向向量设计最优波束形成。计算机仿真实验验证了这一结论。     

A method for improving the performance of MVDR beamforming

I.IntroductionInbeamformingforsonaritisthemostinterestingfunctionthatonecanobtainthctimcwaveformoutputsofthedesiredsignaltobedetectcdwithanimprovcdSignal-to-NoiseplusInterferenceRatio(SNIR).ItiswellknownthatMVDRbeamforminghasoptimumcapabi1i-hesofsignalprotection,interferenccremovalandnoisercduction.NootherbeamformingtochniquecanyicldalargerincreascinSNIR.Itspoweroutputcanbeusedasawavenumberspectrum(bearing)estimation,whoseprecisionorreso1utionisdeterminedprimarilybySignal-to-NoiseRatio…     

无线携能通信系统中基于能量获取比例公平的波束成形设计

针对无线携能通信系统中存在能量获取不均衡的问题, 提出了一种基于能量获取比例公平的波束成形设计方案. 该方案在满足信息接收者的信干噪比以及发送端的最大发送功率等约束条件的基础上, 通过优化波束矢量实现能量获取的比例公平. 此设计在数学上是一个很难直接求解的非凸优化问题.为此, 本文首先利用半定松弛技术将其转换为半定规划问题, 然后结合二分法提出了可以获得最优波束矢量的迭代算法.此外, 在发送端仅知道部分信道状态信息且知道信道误差范围的情况下, 采用最差性能最优的方法对原优化问题进行了鲁棒波束成形设计, 并提出了相应的迭代算法. 仿真结果表明所提算法均可实现能量获取的比例公平且性能达到全局最优.     

无线通信系统设计中的两个优化问题和相关优化方法

无线通信系统设计中的许多问题可建模为优化问题.一方面,这些优化问题常常具有高度的非线性性,一般情况下难于求解;另一方面,它们又有自身的特殊结构,例如隐含的凸性、可分性等.利用优化的方法结合问题的特殊结构求解和处理无线通信系统设计问题是近年来学术界研究的热点.本文重点讨论无线通信系统设计中的两个优化问题和相关优化方法,包括多用户干扰信道最大最小准则下的联合传输/接收波束成形设计和多输入多输出(Multi-Input Multi-Output,MIMO)检测问题,主要介绍现代优化技术结合问题的特殊结构在求解和处理上述两个问题的最新进展.     

An experimental study on matched field processing in shallow water

I.IntroductionPassiverangeanddepthlocalizationofanacousticsourceinshallowwaterisadifficult,yetinterestingproblemthathasreceivedagreatdealofattentioninthelastfewyears['5].Thesimu1taneousestimationofrangeanddepthrequirestheuseofnumericalpropagationmodels.Theclassicalapproachtothisproblemisto"match"thereceivedacousticdatawiththesoundfieldpredictedbythepropagationmodelforanumberofhypotheticalrange/depthsourcelocatiolls.Thistechniqueiscalledmatchedfieldprocessing.Itiscommonlyacceptedthatthewavepro…     

有限采样下低频声源聚焦波束形成的定位研究

依赖于基阵协方差矩阵的算法,要求有足够样本容量来实现稳健的性能。针对常规聚焦波束形成在低频段分辨能力不足以及有限的数据长度,本文研究了一种基于最小方差无失真响应(MVDR)的重叠分子阵算法。仿真实验表明,重叠分子阵MVDR算法在低快拍数、低信噪比情况下,稳健性优于全阵列MVDR算法。在海试数据中,利用一条孔径为109m的光纤水听器阵列,验证了该算法可以在低快拍数下对50m内低频段100～200Hz的目标实现分辨率为0.5m的近场定位。     

An Overview of Key Technologies in Physical Layer Security

The open nature of radio propagation enables ubiquitous wireless communication. This allows for seamless data transmission. However, unauthorized users may pose a threat to the security of the data being transmitted to authorized users. This gives rise to network vulnerabilities such as hacking, eavesdropping, and jamming of the transmitted information. Physical layer security (PLS) has been identified as one of the promising security approaches to safeguard the transmission from eavesdroppers in a wireless network. It is an alternative to the computationally demanding and complex cryptographic algorithms and techniques. PLS has continually received exponential research interest owing to the possibility of exploiting the characteristics of the wireless channel. One of the main characteristics includes the random nature of the transmission channel. The aforesaid nature makes it possible for confidential and authentic signal transmission between the sender and the receiver in the physical layer. We start by introducing the basic theories of PLS, including the wiretap channel, information-theoretic security, and a brief discussion of the cryptography security technique. Furthermore, an overview of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication is provided. The main focus of our review is based on the existing key-less PLS optimization techniques, their limitations, and challenges. The paper also looks into the promising key research areas in addressing these shortfalls. Lastly, a comprehensive overview of some of the recent PLS research in 5G and 6G technologies of wireless communication networks is provided.     

New demodulation filter in digital phase rotation beamforming

In this paper, we present a new quadrature demodulation filter to reduce hardware complexity in digital phase rotation beamforming. Due to its low sensitivity to phase delay errors, digital quadrature demodulation is commonly used in ultrasound machines. However, since it requires two lowpass filters for each channel to remove harmonics, the direct use of conventional finite impulse response (FIR) filters in ultrasound machines is computationally expensive and burdensome. In our new method, an efficient multi-stage uniform coefficient (MSUC) filter is utilized to remove harmonic components in phase rotation beamforming. In comparison with the directly implemented FIR (DI-FIR) and the previously-proposed signed-power-of-two FIR (SPOT-FIR) lowpass filters, the proposed MSUC filter reduces the necessary hardware resources by 93.9% and 83.9%, respectively. In simulation, the MSUC filter shows a negligible degradation in image quality. The proposed method resulted in comparable spatial and contrast resolution to the DI-FIR approach in the phantom study. These preliminary results indicate that the proposed quadrature demodulation filtering method could significantly reduce the hardware complexity in phase rotation beamforming while maintaining comparable image quality.