Distributed Spatial Interference Mitigation Enabled by Matrix Completion

We propose a hierarchical distributed spatial covariance based beamforming approach to mitigate multiple jammers incident on a cluster of nodes and receive a remote signal of interest. The cluster of nodes are assumed to be connected via a local wireless network. Recently available results from the matrix completion theory will be leveraged to reduce the amount of communication needed within the cluster. Phase I effort will include simulations of the overall approach, flight tests and over-the-air hardware prototype demonstration.