Ray-based blind deconvolution of shipping sources using single-snapshot adaptive beamforming

Abstract

The original ray-based blind deconvolution (RBD) algorithm estimates the phase of a source of opportunity—e.g., a shipping vessel—using conventional wideband beamforming (CWBF) along a well-resolved ray-path to estimate the channel impulse response (CIR). However, for the case of an anisotropic radiator and when using a short-aperture receiving array, CWBF is unable to accurately beamform on weak multipath arrivals. Instead, a higher-resolution RBD algorithm based on single snapshot adaptive beamforming is introduced by using space-frequency smoothing of the array covariance matrix; and its performance is demonstrated using experimental recordings of a container vessel to estimate the bottom-bounce arrival of the CIR.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2020
Source ID
10.1121/10.0000709

Entities

People

  • Juan Yang
  • Karim G. Sabra
  • Xuedong Zhang

Organizations

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Georgia Tech
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects