Optimization method for wide beam sonar transmit beamforming

L Rixon Fuchs, A Maki, A Gällström - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Imaging and mapping sonars such as forward-looking sonars (FLS) and side-scan sonars
(SSS) are sensors frequently used onboard autonomous underwater vehicles. To acquire …

Beam performance optimization of multibeam imaging sonar based on the hybrid algorithm of binary particle swarm optimization and convex optimization

W Xia, X Jin, F Dou - International Journal of Antennas and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
It should be noted that the peak sidelobe level (PSLL) significantly influences the
performance of the multibeam imaging sonar. Although a great amount of work has been …

Convex optimization-based beamforming

AB Gershman, ND Sidiropoulos… - IEEE Signal …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an overview of advanced convex optimization approaches to-multisensor
beamforming is presented, and connections are drawn between different types of …

Beamforming via nonconvex linear regression

X Jiang, WJ Zeng, HC So, AM Zoubir… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Impulsive processes frequently occur in many fields, such as radar, sonar, communications,
audio and speech processing, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, we propose a …

Constant beamwidth receiving beamforming based on template matching

R Liu, G Cui, Q Lu, X Yu, L Feng… - 2021 IEEE Radar …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the design of a general constant beamwidth receiving beampattern for
narrowband/wideband array. Specifically, a novel non-convex optimization model is …

Energy-efficient beamforming design for integrated sensing and communications systems

J Zou, S Sun, C Masouros, Y Cui… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the design of energy-efficient beamforming for an ISAC system,
where the transmitted waveform is optimized for joint multi-user communication and target …

Shaped-beam pattern synthesis with sidelobe level minimization via nonuniformly-spaced sub-array

Z Lin, H Hu, B Chen, S Lei, J Tian… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article deals with the low-sidelobe shaped-beam pattern synthesis (SBPS) problem
using two nonuniformly spaced subarray configurations, including amplitude and amplitude …

Coherent signals adaptive beamforming algorithm based on eigenvalue

Y Du, W Cui, F Mei, H Xu… - 2021 2nd International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aiming at the problem of beamformer performance degradation caused by coherent signals,
We propose an adaptive beamforming algorithm for interference plus noise covariance …

Product beamforming and nested array in tandem for enhanced sonar performance

SV Pillai, T Santhanakrishnan, NS Kumar… - … Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Springer
High-performance sonar systems mostly combine a large sensor array and an efficient
beamformer for enhancing the overall detection capabilities and estimation of Direction of …

Robust adaptive beamforming based on the direct biconvex optimization modeling

X Zou, Q Zhang, W Zhang, J Hu - 2021 IEEE Radar Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In general, robust adaptive beamforming (RAB) is modeled as a nonconvex optimization
problem. The most of existing methods solve it indirectly by approximating the nonconvex …