An L-shaped array for estimating 2-D directions of wave arrival

Author

Hua, Y. ; Sarkar, T.K. ; Weiner, D.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia

Volume

39

Issue

2

fYear

1991

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

146

Abstract

A simple structured 2-D array, the L-shaped array, is presented. The L-shaped array consists of two uniform linear arrays (ULA) connected orthogonally at one end of each ULA. It is shown that the Cramer-Rao bounds (CRB) of the estimated wave directions based on the L-shaped array are about 37% smaller than those for the cross array. The CRB indicates the accuracy potential because it is the (reachable) lower bound on the variance of any unbiased estimate. An efficient maximum likelihood algorithm is developed utilizing the ULA structure inherent in the L-shaped array.<>

Keywords

antenna arrays; parameter estimation; radio direction-finding; Cramer-Rao bounds; L-shaped array; array processing; direction finding; direction-of-arrival estimation; efficient maximum likelihood algorithm; structured 2-D array; uniform linear arrays; wave directions; Algorithm design and analysis; Analysis of variance; Antenna arrays; Direction of arrival estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Noise level; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Sparse matrices; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.68174

Filename

68174