Fixed-point analysis and realization of a blind beamforming algorithm

Fan Xu; Dengwei Fu; Alan N. Willson

doi:10.1117/12.367635

2 November 1999 Fixed-point analysis and realization of a blind beamforming algorithm

Fan Xu, Dengwei Fu, Alan N. Willson

Proceedings Volume 3807, Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations IX; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367635
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We present the fixed-point analysis and realization of a blind beamforming algorithm. This maximum-power beamforming algorithm consists of the computation of a correlation matrix and its dominant eigenvector, and we propose that the later be accomplished by the power method. After analyzing the numerical stability of the power method, we derive a division-free form of the algorithm. Based on a block-Toeplitz assumption, we design an FIR filter based system to realize both the correlation computation and the power method. Our ring processor, which is optimized to implement digital filters, is used as the core of the architecture. A special technique for dynamically switching filter inputs is shown to double the system throughput. Finally we discuss the issue of hardware/software hybrid realization.

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Fan Xu, Dengwei Fu, and Alan N. Willson "Fixed-point analysis and realization of a blind beamforming algorithm", Proc. SPIE 3807, Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations IX, (2 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367635

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