Title :
Advanced polarization estimation method using Spatial Polarization Characteristic of antenna
Author :
Yuliang Chang ; Longfei Shi ; Jian Dong ; Xuesong Wang ; Shun Pingxiao
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Complex Electromagn. Environ. Effects on Electron. & Inf. Syst., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
The polarization of radar antenna vary with scan direction. This phenomenon is called Spatial Polarization Characteristic (SPC) of antenna. Based on the SPC of single polarized antenna, a novel polarization estimation method is established. Comparing with the traditional estimation method, this one has the following advantages: (i) It does not need dual-polarization channels to estimate the signal polarization; (ii) The polarization and angle of arriving(AOA) of a periodic signal can be estimated simultaneously; (iii) The full-polarization pattern of the antenna can be matched automatically during the estimation. The feasibility of this method is proved by simulation.
Keywords :
direction-of-arrival estimation; polarisation; radar antennas; radar signal processing; AOA; SPC; advanced polarization estimation; angle of arriving; periodic signal; radar antenna; scan direction; spatial polarization characteristic; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Estimation; Multiple signal classification; Radar; Radar antennas; angle of arriving(AOA); cross polarization; multiple signal classification(MUSIC); polarization estimation; radar antenna; spatial polarization characteristic(SPC);
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg
