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A Multiobjective Array Beamforming Method for Arrays of Flexible Shape

Meng, Chenfeng; Zhang, Yongwei; Temiz, Murat; El-Makadema, Ahmed; (2024) A Multiobjective Array Beamforming Method for Arrays of Flexible Shape. Electronics , 13 (4) , Article 752. 10.3390/electronics13040752. Green open access

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Abstract

High-performance beamforming incorporating multiple objectives for large-scale antenna arrays becomes increasingly important to improve the capacity and efficiency of wireless communication systems. The speed of synthesizing a desired beam pattern is critical in wireless communications systems to adapt to highly dynamic wireless channels. A modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for synthesizing array beam patterns is proposed in this study. The initial positions of particles in PSO are designated following a Taylor distribution instead of being given uniformly distributed random values as in the classical PSO algorithm. The fitness functions are defined to include multiple objectives represented by producing multiple main lobes with customized deep and broadened nulls. Several scenarios have been established to examine the feasibility of the proposed algorithm. Moreover, the performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with those of the ones based on the classical PSO. A significant performance improvement for obtaining beamforming coefficients has been achieved. The robustness of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated further by applying it to a finite array on a curved surface for beamforming.

Type: Article
Title: A Multiobjective Array Beamforming Method for Arrays of Flexible Shape
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/electronics13040752
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13040752
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: array; beamforming; interference suppression; null-steering; particle swarm optimization; pattern synthesis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189477
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