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http://dx.doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2008.27.7.350

Beamforming Method for Target Range Estimation Using Near Field Shading Function  

Choi, Joo-Pyoung (숭실대학교 정보통신공학과)
Lee, Won-Cheol (숭실대학교 정보통신공학과)
Abstract
In this paper, we propose shading functions to the appropriate focused beamforming for near-field target estimation. This near field shading functions are based on Chebychev and Manning windows. In order to obtain the optimum sensor weighting values with the help of the proposed shading technique, we assume that the sensor positions associated to the non-uniformly distributed array are precisely known. We calculate a series of sensor weighting values from the FFT operation of given shading functions in time domain. By applying the shading weights on the sensor array, we can see that the level of sidelobe becomes diminished and the performance of estimating range and azimuth gets improved. In addition, we propose a non-uniform structure in terms of frequency bands, which may minimize the attenuation of incoming signals.
Keywords
Hon-uniform sensor array; Distorted shape array; Beamformer; Shading function;
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