Low angle direction of arrival estimation by time reversal

Xiaolu Zeng, Minglei Yang, Baixiao Chen, Yuanwei Jin

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Abstract

In a low angle target parameter estimation scenario, the backscattered signals from targets are distorted by clutter and multipath, which degrades the performance of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimator significantly. This paper presents a novel method using time reversal (TR) technique and coherent signal-subspace method (CSM) for DOA estimation in a low angle scenario. The TR method exploits target information contained in the return echoes due to multipath and adaptively adjusts TR probing waveforms to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Furthermore, CSM is adopted to focus the energy of the multipath signal in a predefined subspace so as to exploit the full time-bandwidth product of the target source. We analyze the performance of the proposed new DOA algorithm. Numerical simulations demonstrate its superior performance compared with the conventional DOA estimators.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3161-3165
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509041176
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2017 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: 5 Mar 20179 Mar 2017

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period5/03/179/03/17

Keywords

  • Direction-of-arrival (DOA)
  • low-angle scenario
  • time reversal (TR) technique

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