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Constrained minimum power combination for broadband beamformer design in the STFT domain |
Zhong-Hua FU( ) |
| School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China |
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Abstract Beamforming using sensor array is widely used in spatial signal processing since it offers better spatial focusing capability than single sensor. However, in practical applications for broadband signal, there always exists a trade-off issue between the directivity capability of an array and its robustness on system errors. In this paper, in order to combine merits of different beamformers instead of trade-off their performances, we propose a constrained minimum-power combination method. We firstly analyze two optimal beamformers that maximize Directivity Factor (DF) and White Noise Gain (WNG) respectively. Then we propose a non-linear combination method, which automatically selects the best beamformer that has the minimum output power, so as to control the unwanted white noise amplification and keep the maximum DF if possible. Two solutions to the proposed combination strategy are given. They do not need to determine the correct trade-off factor used in linear combination method, and avoid challenge estimations on noise and target statistics required in adaptive beamforming. The performance of the proposed beamformer is evaluated in ideal noise fields and complicated noise fields respectively. It is shown that the proposed beamformer integrates merits of different beamformers. It always achieves the best speech quality and biggest noise reduction compared to other popular beamformers.
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| Keywords
robust beamforming
directivity index
white noise gain
broadband
STFT domain
speech enhancement
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Corresponding Author(s):
Zhong-Hua FU
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Just Accepted Date: 19 July 2016
Online First Date: 23 May 2017
Issue Date: 25 May 2017
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