Interference-plus-Noise Covariance Matrix Reconstruction via Spatial Power Spectrum Sampling for Robust Adaptive Beamforming

Recently, a robust adaptive beamforming (RAB) technique based on interference-plus-noise covariance (INC) matrix reconstruction has been proposed, which utilizes the Capon spectrum estimator integrated over a region separated from the direction of the desired signal. Inspired by the sampling and reconstruction idea, in this paper, a novel method named spatial power spectrum sampling (SPSS) is proposed to reconstruct the INC matrix more efficiently, with the corresponding beamforming algorithm developed, where the covariance matrix taper (CMT) technique is employed to further improve its performance. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.