A frequency-domain partially adaptive beamformer is proposed to reduce the
computational complexity of conventional frequency-domain adaptive beamform
ers. The proposed beamformer only adapts the weights that correspond to the
frequency bins expected to contain interferences using a cell-averaging co
nstant false alarm rate (CA-CFAR) processor. The false alarm rate is also c
hanged adaptively to achieve optimum partial adaptation. (C) 2001 Elsevier
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