Thinned coprime arrays for DOA estimation

Ahsan Raza, Wei Liu, Qing Shen

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Abstract

Sparse arrays can generate a larger aperture than traditional uniform linear arrays (ULA) and offer enhanced degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) which can be exploited in both beamforming and direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation. One class of sparse arrays is the coprime array, composed of two uniform linear subarrays which yield an effective difference coarray with higher number of DOFs. In this work, we present a new coprime array structure termed thinned coprime array (TCA), which exploits the redundancy in the structure of the existing coprime array and achieves the same virtual aperture and DOFs as the conventional coprime array with much fewer number of sensors. An analysis of the DOFs provided by the new structure in comparison with other sparse arrays is provided and simulation results for DOA estimation using the compressive sensing based method are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages395-399
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780992862671
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Oct 2017
Event25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017 - Kos, Greece
Duration: 28 Aug 20172 Sept 2017

Publication series

Name25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityKos
Period28/08/172/09/17

Keywords

  • DOA estimation
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Difference co-array
  • Thinned coprime array

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