A computationally efficient procedure for the design of robust broadband beamformers

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5420-5424

  Crocco, Marco ^a   Trucco, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beamforming robustness; broadband beamforming; filterand sum beamforming; frequency invariant beam pattern; microphone arrays; superdirective arrays

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND BEAMFORMING; FILTERAND-SUM BEAMFORMING; FREQUENCY INVARIANT; MICROPHONE ARRAYS; SUPERDIRECTIVE ARRAYS;

COST FUNCTIONS; ERRORS; MICROPHONES; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 77956746720     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2010.2053710     Document Type: Article

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