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2D‐DOA estimation performance using split vertical linear and circular arrays
Author(s) -
Aouina Karima,
Benazzouz Djamel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ieej transactions on electrical and electronic engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1931-4981
pISSN - 1931-4973
DOI - 10.1002/tee.22265
Subject(s) - azimuth , circular buffer , planar array , matrix pencil , beamforming , direction of arrival , algorithm , antenna array , perpendicular , sensor array , computer science , mathematics , acoustics , geometry , antenna (radio) , physics , telecommunications , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , quantum mechanics , machine learning , programming language
This paper presents a new approach to reduce the computational complexity in two‐dimensional (2D) matrix pencil (MP) method for direction of arrival (DOA) estimation of plane wave signals using a combination of vertical uniform linear array (VULA) and uniform circular array (UCA). By applying phase mode excitation based beamforming to the UCA, we can apply the matrix pencil (MP) method to the beamspace data using only a single snapshot. The technique is based on the split array, which is composed of two perpendicular arrays. The vertical uniform linear array used to determine the elevation DOA components is located perpendicularly at the center of the uniform circular array in the horizontal plane used to calculate the azimuth angles. Unlike common planar and circular arrays, this antenna array with its particular geometry requires no pair‐matching between the azimuth and the elevation angle estimation and can also remove the drawbacks of estimation failure problems. Using this particular geometry for the 2D MP method leads to an efficient computational methodology for real‐time implementation on a digital signal processor. The obtained simulation results of the MP method applied to both uncorrelated and correlated narrow‐band sources in the presence of white noise show good performance estimation. © 2016 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.