Abstract
The conventional adaptive beamformers face the problem of performance degradation in the presence of desired signal in the training data snapshots if there is a small mismatch between the presumed and the actual signal direction. In case of such mismatch, these beamformers generate the main beam in the presumed direction of desired signal and the actual signal with mismatched direction is considered as the interference, so the desired signal cancellation appears in this situation. This paper presents the effect of direction of arrival mismatch on traditional beamformers like minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) and generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC). Furthermore, the performance comparison of different adaptive Beaforming algorithms which are robust against direction of arrival mismatch has also been done. These algorithms include worst case performance optimization beamformer for direction of arrival mismatch and generalized sidelobe canceller with modified blocking matrix. Simulation results show that the GSC with modified blocking matrix has better performance as compare to the worst case performance optimization beamformer for direction of arrival mismatch.

Zafar Ullah Khan, A. Naveed, I. M. Qureshi, Fawad Zaman. (2012) Comparison of Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms Robust Against Directional of Arrival Mismatch, Journal of Space Technology , Volume 2, Issue 1.
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