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Area of Science:

  • Signal Processing
  • Acoustics
  • Array Signal Processing

Background:

  • Conventional wideband multi-source (MS) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation relies on single-source (SS) assumptions within limited time-frequency (TF) bins.
  • Performance degrades with increasing source numbers due to shrinking valid TF regions for SS assumptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel SS-validity confidence metric for improved MS DOA estimation.
  • To enhance accuracy in source counting and DOA estimation, especially in complex multi-source scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • A new SS-validity confidence metric is proposed, utilizing a dynamic MS assumption over larger TF regions.
  • DOA estimates are clustered using distance-based and density-based approaches.
  • A noise-robust density-based clustering within an evolutionary framework is developed for source counting and DOA estimation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed weighting strategy significantly improves the accuracy of source counting.
  • Enhanced accuracy in MS DOA estimation is demonstrated compared to existing state-of-the-art methods.
  • Validation through simulations and real recordings confirms the method's effectiveness.

Conclusions:

  • The developed dynamic SS-validity metric effectively addresses limitations of conventional methods in MS environments.
  • The proposed clustering and evolutionary framework offer robust solutions for source counting and DOA estimation.
  • This research advances wideband MS DOA estimation techniques, offering improved performance and reliability.