Direction of arrival and time delay measurements for multi-path signals using five-port reflectometers

Author

Vu, Van Yem ; Braga, Judson ; Begaud, Xavier ; Huyart, Bemard

Author_Institution

GET-Telecom Paris

Volume

1B

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Firstpage

735

Abstract

A new system based on five-port reflectometers, which measures simultaneously direction of arrival (DoA) in azimuth plane and propagation time of arrival (ToA) of multi-path signals for indoor communication applications is presented in this paper. The receiver operating at 2.4 GHz consists of seven five-ports and a uniform linear array (ULA) of seven quasi-Yagi antennas. The data processing method is also presented. Estimation procedure for joint DoA and ToA is based on the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm associated with spatial smoothing pre-processing (SSP). The simulation and experimental results show that the DoA and the ToA of multi-path signals are well estimated

Keywords

Yagi antenna arrays; delay estimation; direction-of-arrival estimation; indoor communication; radio receivers; reflectometers; signal classification; smoothing methods; time-of-arrival estimation; 2.4 GHz; DoA; MUSIC algorithm; data processing method; direction of arrival; five-port reflectometers; indoor communication; multipath signals; multiple signal classification; quasi-Yagi antennas; spatial smoothing preprocessing; time delay measurements; time of arrival; uniform linear array; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Azimuth; Delay effects; Direction of arrival estimation; Indoor communication; Linear antenna arrays; Multiple signal classification; Receiving antennas; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1551667

Filename

1551667