Robust Adaptive Beamforming Using a Low-Complexity Steering Vector Estimation and Covariance Matrix Reconstruction Algorithm

<div>Performance of the beamformers for the case of mismatch due to signal direction error. 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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 6: Robust Adaptive Beamforming Using a Low-Complexity Steering Vector Estimation and Covariance Matrix Reconstruction Algorithm 