Space-time matrix method for joint angle and frequency estimation

High-resolution parameter estimation techniques have recently been applied to jointly estimate multiple signal parameters. In this paper, we consider the joint angle and frequency estimation (JAFE) problem. We define a novel space-time matrix which includes the information of incident angles and frequencies. The joint angle and frequency estimation method used the defined space-time matrix is named as space-time matrix method. Making using of the proposed method, the frequencies and incident angles can be estimated by the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the defined space-time matrix, respectively. So, the presented method can automatically determined the paring of the estimated angles and frequencies by the relationship between eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Compared with the previous work, the space-time matrix method can provide better performance with substantially reduced computational complexity. The performances of some relevant algorithms are compared via simulations, and the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified.