High-resolution imaging using Capon beamformers for Urban sensing applications

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ahmad, Fauzia ^a   Amin, Moeness G ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Capon; High resolution; Through the wall

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; DATA REDUCTION; DELAY CIRCUITS; OPTICAL SENSORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BEAMFORMER DESIGNS; CAPON BEAMFORMERS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; SCENE-DEPENDENT BEAMFORMERS; URBAN SENSING;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 34547522411     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2007.366403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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