TY - GEN
T1 - An approach to distributed implementation of cooperative amplify-and-forward beamforming in wireless sensor networks
AU - Zaidi, Slim
AU - Zarifi, Keyvan
AU - Affes, Sofiene
AU - Ghrayeb, Ali
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We consider a SINR-optimal dual-hop amplify-and-forward beamformer and modify it such that the resulting beam-former well-approximates its original counterpart and, further, lends itself to a distributed implementation in wireless sensor networks wherein each node is unaware of the locations and the forward channels of all other nodes. We then derive the average beampattern expression of the proposed beamformer and analyze its properties.
AB - We consider a SINR-optimal dual-hop amplify-and-forward beamformer and modify it such that the resulting beam-former well-approximates its original counterpart and, further, lends itself to a distributed implementation in wireless sensor networks wherein each node is unaware of the locations and the forward channels of all other nodes. We then derive the average beampattern expression of the proposed beamformer and analyze its properties.
KW - Beampattern
KW - Cooperative beamforming
KW - Distributed implementation
KW - Wireless sensor networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954358592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/BSC.2010.5472963
DO - 10.1109/BSC.2010.5472963
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954358592
SN - 9781424457090
T3 - 2010 25th Biennial Symposium on Communications, QBSC 2010
SP - 404
EP - 407
BT - 2010 25th Biennial Symposium on Communications, QBSC 2010
T2 - 25th Queen's Biennial Symposium on Communications, QBSC 2010
Y2 - 12 May 2010 through 14 May 2010
ER -