Broadband Conventional Beamforming Incorporating Adaptive Equalization

Abstract

This report discusses methods which attempt to coherently recombine the spatially and temporally different multipaths with the direct path to enhance array gain. These methods are based on utilizing a broadband conventional beamformer incorporating adaptive equalization to recombine multipath information. Preliminary results are compared with two well-known narrow-band, purely spatial processing techniques: the Bartlett beamformer and the minimum variance distortionless response beamformer. While preliminary results are promising, several important research issues are outlined which remain to be addressed. Adaptive beamforming, Adaptive equalization, Broadband beamforming, Temporal/spatial processing, Multichannel equalization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA267090

Entities

People

  • Richard C. North

Organizations

  • Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Filters
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband
  • Channel Models
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Equalization
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Linear Arrays
  • Multichannel
  • Phase Shift
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design