TY - GEN
T1 - Statistical analysis of the finite sample forward-backward MVDR beamformer
AU - Zhang, Lei
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Yu, Lei
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - A statistical analysis is provided for the sample co-variance matrix of the forward-backward (FB) minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer. Unlike the forward-only case, its covariance matrix does not follow the complex-valued Wishart distribution. However, we can prove that after a proposed unitary transformation, the new covariance matrix has a real-valued Wishart distribution. Based on this result, a close-form expression of the output SINR (signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio) for the finite sample FB MVDR beamformer is then derived. Our analysis shows that the error of the output SINR with FB precessing is reduced approximately by half compared with the case without it, as also verified by simulations.
AB - A statistical analysis is provided for the sample co-variance matrix of the forward-backward (FB) minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer. Unlike the forward-only case, its covariance matrix does not follow the complex-valued Wishart distribution. However, we can prove that after a proposed unitary transformation, the new covariance matrix has a real-valued Wishart distribution. Based on this result, a close-form expression of the output SINR (signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio) for the finite sample FB MVDR beamformer is then derived. Our analysis shows that the error of the output SINR with FB precessing is reduced approximately by half compared with the case without it, as also verified by simulations.
KW - finite sample
KW - forward backward
KW - MVDR beamformer
KW - Wishart distribution
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/80052190235
U2 - 10.1109/SSP.2011.5967721
DO - 10.1109/SSP.2011.5967721
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:80052190235
SN - 9781457705700
T3 - IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing Proceedings
SP - 421
EP - 424
BT - 2011 IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, SSP 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, SSP 2011
Y2 - 28 June 2011 through 30 June 2011
ER -