Near Field Tapering with Slepian Window: Balancing the Range Angle Sidelobe Trade off

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Main Authors: Hussain, Ahmed, Sultan, Ahmed, Abdallah, Asmaa, Celik, Abdulkadir, Eltawil, Ahmed M.
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author Hussain, Ahmed
Sultan, Ahmed
Abdallah, Asmaa
Celik, Abdulkadir
Eltawil, Ahmed M.
author_facet Hussain, Ahmed
Sultan, Ahmed
Abdallah, Asmaa
Celik, Abdulkadir
Eltawil, Ahmed M.
contents Near-field beamforming enables target discrimination in both range (axial) and angle (lateral) dimensions. Elevated sidelobes along either dimension, however, increase susceptibility to interference and degrade detection performance. Conventional amplitude tapering techniques, designed for far-field scenarios, cannot simultaneously suppress axial and lateral sidelobes in near-field. In this letter, we propose a Slepian-based amplitude tapering approach that maximizes mainlobe energy concentration, achieving significant sidelobe reduction in both dimensions. Numerical results show that the proposed taper improves peak sidelobe suppression by approximately 24 dB in the lateral domain and 10 dB in the axial domain compared to a conventional uniform window.
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spellingShingle Near Field Tapering with Slepian Window: Balancing the Range Angle Sidelobe Trade off
Hussain, Ahmed
Sultan, Ahmed
Abdallah, Asmaa
Celik, Abdulkadir
Eltawil, Ahmed M.
Signal Processing
Near-field beamforming enables target discrimination in both range (axial) and angle (lateral) dimensions. Elevated sidelobes along either dimension, however, increase susceptibility to interference and degrade detection performance. Conventional amplitude tapering techniques, designed for far-field scenarios, cannot simultaneously suppress axial and lateral sidelobes in near-field. In this letter, we propose a Slepian-based amplitude tapering approach that maximizes mainlobe energy concentration, achieving significant sidelobe reduction in both dimensions. Numerical results show that the proposed taper improves peak sidelobe suppression by approximately 24 dB in the lateral domain and 10 dB in the axial domain compared to a conventional uniform window.
title Near Field Tapering with Slepian Window: Balancing the Range Angle Sidelobe Trade off
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.12733