| publication name | Convolutional neural network for 2D adaptive beamforming of phased array antennas with robustness to array imperfections |
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| Authors | Tarek Sallam, Ahmed M Attiya |
| year | 2021 |
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| journal | International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies |
| volume | 13 |
| issue | 10 |
| pages | 1096-1102 |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-microwave-and-wireless-technologies/article/abs/convolutional-neural-network-for-2d-adaptive-beamforming-of-phased-array-antennas-with-robustness-to-array-imperfections/AE904B5D3851864A5C4E22A879C50119 |
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| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Achieving robust and fast two-dimensional adaptive beamforming of phased array antennas is a challenging problem due to its high-computational complexity. To address this problem, a deep-learning-based beamforming method is presented in this paper. In particular, the optimum weight vector is computed by modeling the problem as a convolutional neural network (CNN), which is trained with I/O pairs obtained from the optimum Wiener solution. In order to exhibit the robustness of the new technique, it is applied on an 8 × 8 phased array antenna and compared with a shallow (non-deep) neural network namely, radial basis function neural network. The results reveal that the CNN leads to nearly optimal Wiener weights even in the presence of array imperfections.