• DocumentCode
    2944514
  • Title

    Cramer-Rao bound and optimum sensor array for source localization from time differences of arrival

  • Author

    Yang, B. ; Scheuing, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Stuttgart Univ., Germany
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    18-23 March 2005
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the Cramer-Rao lower bound for source localization from time differences of arrival. We derive properties of the Cramer-Rao bound and design optimum sensor arrays which minimize the bound.
  • Keywords
    array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; minimisation; Cramer-Rao lower bound; minimization; optimum sensor array; source localization; time differences of arrival; Acoustic applications; Acoustic sensors; Array signal processing; Covariance matrix; Cramer-Rao bounds; Geometry; Measurement errors; Navigation; Sensor arrays; Signal analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2005. Proceedings. (ICASSP '05). IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1520-6149
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8874-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1416170
  • Filename
    1416170