A Method for Source-Microphone Range Estimation in Reverberant Environments, Using an Array of Microphones of Unknown Relative Position

Estimating the range between an acoustic source and a microphone is a central problem in microphone-array processing. Although many approaches have been proposed in the literature, these tend to require knowledge of the relative microphone positions. We propose a range estimation method, for use in reverberant environments and where the relative positioning of the elements of a microphone-array is unknown. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this method under real, reverberant conditions