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Improved Spatial Differencing Scheme for 2-D DOA Estimation of Coherent Signals with Uniform Rectangular Arrays.
Junpeng Shi1, Guoping Hu2, Fenggang Sun3
1Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, China. 15667081720@163.com.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 25, 2017
Summary
This study introduces an improved spatial differencing (ISD) method for enhanced two-dimensional direction of arrival (2-D DOA) estimation. The new technique improves accuracy for coherent signals using uniform rectangular arrays (URAs).
Area of Science:
- Signal Processing
- Array Signal Processing
- Electromagnetics
Background:
- Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation is crucial for applications like radar and sonar.
- Coherent signals and uniform rectangular arrays (URAs) present unique challenges in DOA estimation.
- Existing spatial smoothing techniques can be suboptimal in utilizing available data and suppressing noise.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose an improved spatial differencing (ISD) scheme for 2-D DOA estimation.
- To enhance the performance of DOA estimation for coherent signals using URAs.
- To develop novel ISD-based methods that improve data utilization and noise suppression.
Main Methods:
- Dividing the URA into row rectangular subarrays.
- Performing difference-operation on auto-correlations while preserving cross-correlations.
- Developing forward only ISD (FO-ISD) and forward backward ISD (FB-ISD) methods using reconstructed submatrices.
Main Results:
- The proposed ISD scheme effectively utilizes more data from the sample covariance matrix.
- The ISD methods demonstrate superior suppression of additive noise compared to existing techniques.
- Simulation results confirm significant performance improvements for both FO-ISD and FB-ISD in various noise conditions.
Conclusions:
- The proposed ISD scheme offers a significant advancement in 2-D DOA estimation for coherent signals.
- FO-ISD and FB-ISD methods provide robust and accurate DOA estimation even in challenging noise environments.
- This work contributes to more effective signal processing in array systems.
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