| Paper: | SAM-P4.12 | 
| Session: | Sensor Array Processing | 
| Time: | Thursday,  May 18, 14:00 - 16:00 | 
| Presentation: | Poster | 
	 | Topic: | Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing: Source localization, separation, classification, and tracking | 
	
	 | Title: | SPATIAL-VECTOR SMOOTHING FOR COHERENT SOURCES IN PRESENCE OF A REFLECTING BOUNDARY | 
	| Authors: | Jianwu Tao, University of Waterloo, Canada | 
  | Abstract: | A new spatial-vector smoothing algorithm for multiple coherent sources is proposed based on the measurement model of 3-D cylindrical array with multi vector-hydrophones, which is located on or near a reflecting boundary. And the performance of the proposed algorithm is examined in two practical applications: hull-mounted and seabed array. The advantages of the spatial-vector smoothing scheme are: (1) less reduction in the overall array’s spatial aperture, (2) no limit to the maximum number of coherent sources. |