Improved Azimuth/Elevation Angle Estimation Algorithm for Three-Parallel Uniform Linear Arrays

Author

Hua Chen ; Chunping Hou ; Qing Wang ; Ling Huang ; Weiqing Yan ; Liangzhou Pu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Inf. Eng., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China

Volume

14

fYear

2015

fDate

2015

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

332

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2-D) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation method using three-parallel uniform linear arrays (ULAs) is proposed in this letter. The 2-D DOA estimation problem is addressed by making full use of elements of the three-parallel ULAs. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm has better angle estimation performance in practical mobile elevation angles between 70° and 90° and can automatically pair the estimated azimuth and elevation angles with lower complexity. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; estimation theory; 2D DOA estimation method; ULA; improved azimuth-elevation angle estimation algorithm; mobile elevation angle; three-parallel uniform linear array; two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation method; Array signal processing; Azimuth; Complexity theory; Direction-of-arrival estimation; Estimation; Signal processing algorithms; Automatically pair; three-parallel uniform linear arrays (ULAs); two-dimensional (2-D) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2014.2360419

Filename

6911942