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Main Authors: Irani, Kiarash Hassas, Huang, Yongwei, Vorobyov, Sergiy A.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15493
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author Irani, Kiarash Hassas
Huang, Yongwei
Vorobyov, Sergiy A.
author_facet Irani, Kiarash Hassas
Huang, Yongwei
Vorobyov, Sergiy A.
contents This paper addresses the robust adaptive beamforming (RAB) problem via the worst-case signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) maximization over distributional uncertainty sets for the random interference-plus-noise covariance (INC) matrix and desired signal steering vector. Our study explores two distinct uncertainty sets for the INC matrix and three for the steering vector. The uncertainty sets of the INC matrix account for the support and the positive semidefinite (PSD) mean of the distribution, as well as a similarity constraint on the mean. The uncertainty sets for the steering vector consist of the constraints on the first- and second-order moments of its associated probability distribution. The RAB problem is formulated as the minimization of the worst-case expected value of the SINR denominator over any distribution within the uncertainty set of the INC matrix, subject to the condition that the expected value of the numerator is greater than or equal to one for every distribution within the uncertainty set of the steering vector. By leveraging the strong duality of linear conic programming, this RAB problem is reformulated as a quadratic matrix inequality problem. Subsequently, it is addressed by iteratively solving a sequence of linear matrix inequality relaxation problems, incorporating a penalty term for the rank-one PSD matrix constraint. We further analyze the convergence of the iterative algorithm. The proposed robust beamforming approach is validated through simulation examples, which illustrate improved performance in terms of the array output SINR.
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spellingShingle SINR Maximizing Distributionally Robust Adaptive Beamforming
Irani, Kiarash Hassas
Huang, Yongwei
Vorobyov, Sergiy A.
Signal Processing
This paper addresses the robust adaptive beamforming (RAB) problem via the worst-case signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) maximization over distributional uncertainty sets for the random interference-plus-noise covariance (INC) matrix and desired signal steering vector. Our study explores two distinct uncertainty sets for the INC matrix and three for the steering vector. The uncertainty sets of the INC matrix account for the support and the positive semidefinite (PSD) mean of the distribution, as well as a similarity constraint on the mean. The uncertainty sets for the steering vector consist of the constraints on the first- and second-order moments of its associated probability distribution. The RAB problem is formulated as the minimization of the worst-case expected value of the SINR denominator over any distribution within the uncertainty set of the INC matrix, subject to the condition that the expected value of the numerator is greater than or equal to one for every distribution within the uncertainty set of the steering vector. By leveraging the strong duality of linear conic programming, this RAB problem is reformulated as a quadratic matrix inequality problem. Subsequently, it is addressed by iteratively solving a sequence of linear matrix inequality relaxation problems, incorporating a penalty term for the rank-one PSD matrix constraint. We further analyze the convergence of the iterative algorithm. The proposed robust beamforming approach is validated through simulation examples, which illustrate improved performance in terms of the array output SINR.
title SINR Maximizing Distributionally Robust Adaptive Beamforming
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15493