CAWE-ACNN Algorithm for Coprime Sensor Array Adaptive Beamforming

This paper presents a robust adaptive beamforming algorithm based on an attention convolutional neural network (ACNN) for coprime sensor arrays, named the CAWE-ACNN algorithm. In the proposed algorithm, via a spatial and channel attention unit, an ACNN model is constructed to enhance the features contributing to beamforming weight vector estimation and to improve the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) performance, respectively. Then, an interference-plus-noise covariance matrix reconstruction algorithm is used to obtain an appropriate label for the proposed ACNN model. By the calculated label and the sample signals received from the coprime sensor arrays, the ACNN is well-trained and capable of accurately and efficiently outputting the beamforming weight vector. The simulation results verify that the proposed algorithm achieves excellent SINR performance and high computation efficiency.