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Wideband adaptive beamforming method using subarrays in acoustic vector sensor linear array

부배열을 이용한 음향벡터센서 선배열의광대역 적응빔형성기법

Jeong-Soo Kim1*
,
Chang-Jin Kim2
,
Young-Ju Lee2
김 정수1*
,
김 창진2
,
이 영주2
1Hanwha-Thales Company
1한화탈레스 주식회사
2국방기술품질원
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
30 September 2016. pp. 395-402
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Abstract

In this paper, a wideband adaptive beamforming approach for an acoustic vector sensor linear array is presented. It is a very important issue to estimate the stable covariance matrix for adaptive beamforming. In the conventional wideband adaptive beamforming based on coherent signal-subspace (CSS) processing, the error of bearing estimates is resulted from the focusing matrix estimation and the large number of data snapshot is necessary. To alleviate the estimation error and snapshot deficiency in estimating covariance matrix, the steered covariance matrix method in the pressure sensor is extended to the vector sensor array, and the subarray technique is incorporated. By this technique, more accurate azimuth estimates and a stable covariance matrix can be obtained with a small number of data snapshot. Through simulation, the azimuth estimation performance of the proposed beamforming method and a wideband adaptive beamforming based on CSS processing are assessed.

Keywords
Acoustic vector sensor array
Linear array sensor
Wideband adaptive beamforming
Direction-of-arrival estimation

본 논문에서는 음향벡터 선배열 센서 기반에서의 광대역 적응빔형성기법을 다룬다. 적응 빔형성을 위하여 안정적인 공분산행렬추정은 매우 중요한 문제이다. 기존의 코히어런트 신호부공간기반의 적응 빔형성기법은 초점조정행렬(focusing matrix) 추정으로 인해 방위각 추정에 오차가 발생하며 또한 공분산행렬 추정을 위하여 많은 데이터 단편을 필요로 한다. 방위각 추정오차 및 공분산 행렬 추정시 필요한 데이터 단편의 수 문제를 완화하기 위하여 음압센서 선배열에 적용된 조향공분산 행렬 기법을 음향벡터 선배열 센서에 확장하여 적용한다. 그리고 부배열 기법을 통하여 공분산행렬의 차원을 줄임으로써 적은 수의 데이터 단편으로 안정적인 공분산행렬 추정이 가능하고 방위각 추정성능을 향상시킨다. 모의 실험을 통하여 기존의 코히어런트 신호 부공간 전처리 기반 광대역 빔형성기법과 제안한 기법의 방위각 추정 성능을 분석한다.

키워드
음향벡터센서 배열
선형 선배열 센서
광대역 적응빔형성
방위각 추정
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  • Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
  • Volume : 35
  • No :5
  • Pages :395-402
  • Received Date : 2016-08-10
  • Accepted Date : 2016-09-13
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2016.35.5.395
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