A signal separation method based on the subarray beam synthesis

Abstract

Abstract Large‐scale arrays are widely used due to their advantages of high gain, high resolution, and strong beam control capability. The large number of antennas leads to a sharp increase in computational complexity, and thus, it is necessary to reduce the complexity of signal processing. A signal separation method is proposed based on subarray beam synthesis. This method can improve signal reception and separation performance through zero‐forcing calculation and realise system gain and phase error corrections in the front end of an antenna. Compared with back‐end processing, it has the advantage of low implementation difficulty. The feasibility and performance of the method are verified by simulations.

Keywords

• beamforming
• gain and phase error calibration
• large‐scale array
• signal separation