Pair-Matching Method for Estimating 2-D Angle of Arrival With a Cross-Correlation Matrix

Author

Kikuchi, Shohei ; Tsuji, Hiroyuki ; Sano, Akira

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

40

Abstract

This letter presents a novel method for pair matching of elevation and azimuth angles in two-dimensional (2-D) angles-of-arrival estimation employing two uniform linear arrays (ULAs). The proposed pair-matching method exploits the cross-correlation matrix of two received signals impinging on each ULA that shows the characteristics of the corresponding angle pairs, and is conducted by combining it with a propagator method. Numerical simulations using L-shaped array geometry revealed that the proposed method provided better robustness over the SNR, angular separation, and number of sources than that of conventional methods.

Keywords

array signal processing; correlation methods; direction-of-arrival estimation; linear antenna arrays; matrix algebra; 2D angle of arrival estimation; L-shaped array geometry; SNR; cross-correlation matrix; pair-matching method; propagator method; uniform linear arrays; Antenna arrays; Azimuth; Educational technology; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Geometry; Numerical simulation; Optical devices; Receiving antennas; Robustness; Two dimensional displays; Cross-correlation matrix; pair matching; two-dimensional (2-D) angle-of-arrival (AOA) estimation; uniform linear array (ULA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2005.863610

Filename

1597167