scholarly journals Blind Direction-of-Arrival Estimation with Uniform Circular Array in Presence of Mutual Coupling

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Liu ◽  
Lisheng Yang ◽  
Shizhong Yang ◽  
Qingping Jiang ◽  
Haowei Wu

A blind direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm based on the estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) is proposed for a uniform circular array (UCA) when strong electromagnetic mutual coupling is present. First, an updated UCA model with mutual coupling in a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) beam space is deduced, and the new manifold matrix is equal to the product of a centrosymmetric diagonal matrix and a Vandermonde-structure matrix. Then we carry out blind DOA estimation through a modified ESPRIT method, thus avoiding the need for spatial angular searching. In addition, two mutual coupling parameter estimation methods are presented after the DOAs have been estimated. Simulation results show that the new algorithm is reliable and effective especially for closely spaced signals.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Seong Cho ◽  
Jeong-Min Seo ◽  
Joon-Ho Lee

We address the performance analysis of the maximum likelihood (ML) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm in the case of azimuth/elevation estimation of two incident signals using the uniform circular array (UCA). Based on the Taylor series expansion and approximation, we get explicit expressions of the root mean square errors (RMSEs) of the azimuths and elevations. The validity of the derived expressions is shown by comparing the analytic results with the simulation results. The derivation in this paper is further verified by illustrating the consistency of the analytic results with the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB).


Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 3043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weike Zhang ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Kaibo Cui ◽  
Tao Xie ◽  
Naichang Yuan

In order to improve the angle measurement performance of a coprime linear array, this paper proposes a novel direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm for a coprime linear array based on the multiple invariance estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (MI-ESPRIT) and a lookup table method. The proposed algorithm does not require a spatial spectrum search and uses a lookup table to solve ambiguity, which reduces the computational complexity. To fully use the subarray elements, the DOA estimation precision is higher compared with existing algorithms. Moreover, the algorithm avoids the matching error when multiple signals exist by using the relationship between the signal subspace of two subarrays. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


Author(s):  
Ismail El Ouargui ◽  
Said Safi ◽  
Miloud Frikel

The resolution of a Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm is determined based on its capability to resolve two closely spaced signals. In this paper, authors present and discuss the minimum number of array elements needed for the resolution of nearby sources in several DOA estimation methods. In the real world, the informative signals are corrupted by Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN). Thus, a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) offers a better resolution. Therefore, we show the performance of each method by applying the algorithms in different noise level environments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Zhi-Chao Sha ◽  
Zhang-Meng Liu ◽  
Zhi-Tao Huang ◽  
Yi-Yu Zhou

This paper addresses the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation of coherent signals in the presence of unknown mutual coupling, and an autoregression (AR) model-based method is proposed. The effects of mutual coupling can be eliminated by the inherent mechanism of the proposed algorithm, so the DOAs can be accurately estimated without any calibration sources. After the mixing matrix is estimated by independent component analysis (ICA), several parameter equations are established upon the mixing matrix. Finally, all DOAs of coherent signals are estimated by solving these equations. Compared with traditional methods, the proposed method has higher angle resolution and estimation accuracy. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Feng ◽  
Lutao Liu ◽  
Biyang Wen

Most conventional direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithms are affected by the effect of mutual coupling, which make the performance of DOA estimation degrade. In this paper, a novel DOA estimation algorithm for conformal array in the presence of unknown mutual coupling is proposed. The special mutual coupling matrix (MCM) is applied to eliminate the effect of mutual coupling. With suitable array design, the decoupling between polarization parameter and angle information is accomplished. The two-demission DOA (2D-DOA) estimation is finally achieved based on estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT). The proposed algorithm can be extended to conical conformal array as well. Two parameter pairing methods are illustrated for cylindrical and conical conformal array, respectively. The computer simulation verifies the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Fatimah A. Salman ◽  
Bayan M. Sabbar

Sparse array such as the coprime array is one of the most preferable sparse arrays for direction of arrival estimation due to its properties, like simplicity, capability of resolving more sources than the number of elements and resistance to mutual coupling issue.  In this paper, a new coprime array model is proposed to increase the number of degree of freedom (DOF) and improve the performance of coprime array.   The new designed array can avoid the mutual coupling by minimizing the lag redundancy and expand the central lags in the virtual difference co-array. Thus, the propose structure can resolve more sources than the prototype coprime array using the same number of elements with improved direction of arrival estimation. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed array model is more efficient than the others coprime array model.


2012 ◽  
Vol 490-495 ◽  
pp. 1348-1352
Author(s):  
Guang Yu Liu ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Tie Lin Liu

The problem of battlefield acoustic target localization is studied based on an array model of a uniform circular array (UCA) mounted on a rigid cylinder including beamforming technology and high resolution direction of arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm. The influence of various facts to the discussed localization algorithms is analyzed. It is concluded that the direction of the battlefield acoustic target can be achieved by the proposed high resolution DOA estimation algorithm. The performance of the eigen-beam beamforming array and the high resolution DOA estimation algorithm can be improved by the rigid cylinder.


Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuli Shi ◽  
Yougen Xu ◽  
Junpeng Zhuang ◽  
Kang Zhao ◽  
Yulin Huang ◽  
...  

Multi-polarized antenna arrays have the ability to provide both the direction and polarization information of the incident signals, which is important in radar, sonar, wireless communication, remote sensing, and so on. In this paper, a diversely polarized linear array of sparsely located but identically oriented tri-polarized vector antennas (VAs) is designed for estimating the direction-of-arrival (DOA) and polarization parameters of the incident signals in the presence of antenna mutual coupling (MC). In order to reduce the inter-VA MC, a new type of sparse array geometry is proposed, wherein the minimum inter-VA spacing is constrained to be no less than one signal wavelength. Considering the intra-VA MC effect, a full-wave electromagnetic simulation is introduced to fit the manifold vector of an isolated VA. Based on the sparse VA array, a polarimetric subspace scheme is proposed for DOA and polarization estimation. When the knowledge about the intra-VA MC is a priori unavailable, an algebraic polarimetric blind scheme is also provided for DOA estimation. Computer simulations and real-world experiments (using an S-band 24-channel tri-polarized array system) validate the efficacy of the designed array geometry along with the parameter estimation methods.


2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 1540007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guolong Liang ◽  
Wenbin Zhao ◽  
Zhan Fan

Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation is of great interest due to its wide applications in sonar, radar and many other areas. However, the near-field interference is always presented in the received data, which may result in degradation of DOA estimation. An approach which can suppress the near-field interference and preserve the far-field signal desired by using a spatial matrix filter is proposed in this paper and some typical DOA estimation algorithms are adjusted to match the filtered data. Simulation results show that the approach can improve capability of DOA estimation under near-field inference efficiently.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4403
Author(s):  
Ji Woong Paik ◽  
Joon-Ho Lee ◽  
Wooyoung Hong

An enhanced smoothed l0-norm algorithm for the passive phased array system, which uses the covariance matrix of the received signal, is proposed in this paper. The SL0 (smoothed l0-norm) algorithm is a fast compressive-sensing-based DOA (direction-of-arrival) estimation algorithm that uses a single snapshot from the received signal. In the conventional SL0 algorithm, there are limitations in the resolution and the DOA estimation performance, since a single sample is used. If multiple snapshots are used, the conventional SL0 algorithm can improve performance in terms of the DOA estimation. In this paper, a covariance-fitting-based SL0 algorithm is proposed to further reduce the number of optimization variables when using multiple snapshots of the received signal. A cost function and a new null-space projection term of the sparse recovery for the proposed scheme are presented. In order to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, we present the simulation results and the experimental results based on the measured data.


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