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Title: Wideband Array Signal Processing with Real-Time Adaptive Interference Mitigation
Wideband beamforming and interference cancellation for phased array antennas requires advances in signal processing algorithms, software, and specialized hardware platforms. A high-throughput array receiver has been developed that enables communication in radio frequency interference-rich environments with field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based frequency channelization and packetization. In this study, a real-time interference mitigation algorithm was implemented on graphics processing units (GPUs) contained in the data pipeline. The key contribution is a hardware and software pipeline for subchannelized wideband array signal processing with 150 MHz instantaneous bandwidth and interference cancellation with a heterogeneous, distributed, and scaleable digital signal processing (DSP) architecture that achieves 30 dB interferer cancellation null depth in real time with a moving interference source.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1636645
PAR ID:
10509612
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
MDPI
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Sensors
Volume:
23
Issue:
14
ISSN:
1424-8220
Page Range / eLocation ID:
6584
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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