Underdetermined direction of arrival estimation with nonuniform linear motion sampling based on a small unmanned aerial vehicle platform

Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suffers from significant performance degradation owing to the limited number of physical elements.To improve the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of a ULA radar mounted on a small UAV platform,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling underdetermined DOA estimation method.Using the motion of the UAV platform,the echo signal is sampled at different positions.Then,according to the concept of difference co-array,a virtual ULA with multiple array elements and a large aperture is synthesized to increase the degrees of freedom(DOFs).Through position analysis of the original and motion arrays,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling method based on ULA for determining the optimal DOFs.Under the condition of no increase in the aperture of the physical array,the proposed method obtains a high DOF with fewer sampling runs and greatly improves the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of ULA.The results of numerical simulations conducted herein verify the superior performance of the proposed method.

A Novel CCA-NMF Whitening Method for Practical Machine Learning Based Underwater Direction of Arrival Estimation

Underwater direction of arrival(DOA)estimation has always been a very challenging theoretical and practical problem.Due to the serious non-stationary,non-linear,and non-Gaussian characteristics,machine learning based DOA estimation methods trained on simulated Gaussian noised array data cannot be directly applied to actual underwater DOA estimation tasks.In order to deal with this problem,environmental data with no target echoes can be employed to analyze the non-Gaussian components.Then,the obtained information about non-Gaussian components can be used to whiten the array data.Based on these considerations,a novel practical sonar array whitening method was proposed.Specifically,based on a weak assumption that the non-Gaussian components in adjacent patches with and without target echoes are almost the same,canonical cor-relation analysis(CCA)and non-negative matrix factorization(NMF)techniques are employed for whitening the array data.With the whitened array data,machine learning based DOA estimation models trained on simulated Gaussian noised datasets can be used to perform underwater DOA estimation tasks.Experimental results illustrated that,using actual underwater datasets for testing with known machine learning based DOA estimation models,accurate and robust DOA estimation performance can be achieved by using the proposed whitening method in different underwater con-ditions.

基于二阶统计特性的方向向量估计算法的DOA估计

为了减小天线阵流形误差对波达方向(DOA)估计结果的影响,以及克服基于传统盲源分离算法的DOA估计算法不能应用于少通道测向设备的不足,提出一种基于2阶统计特性的方向向量估计算法的DOA估计算法。首先,根据确定性最大似然(DML)估计算法谱函数的特征,构造关于协方差矩阵的酉约束下的优化问题;然后,通过优化该问题获得各个单信号的实际方向向量;最后,将各个单信号的实际方向向量输入到空间谱算法中实现DOA估计。由于将多信号的DOA估计转化为多个单信号的DOA估计,因此在天线阵列流形存在误差时,所提算法比传统的DOA方法具有更好的DOA估计性能。由于所提算法仅需使用协方差矩阵,因此所提算法可应用于少通道测向设备。由仿真实验结果可知,在阵列流形存在误差以及测向设备为少通道测向设备时,与传统DOA方法相比,所提算法的DOA估计的准确度、抗扰度以及分辨率更高。

稀疏阵列的鲁棒矩阵填充DOA估计算法

稀疏阵列布阵灵活,增大阵列孔径的同时还能减少阵元间耦合,但基于稀疏阵列的传统波达方向估计会导致角度模糊混叠,带来估计精度差和稳健性不足的问题。针对以上问题,提出一种适用于稀疏阵列波达方向估计的加权截断奇异值投影(weighted truncated singular value projection,WT-SVP)的鲁棒矩阵填充算法。在填充迭代过程中根据奇异值的大小分配权重,突出大奇异值包含的阵列信息,减少小奇异值中不必要的噪声信息,从而优化传统奇异值投影算法。该算法可以实现稀疏阵列的孔洞信息恢复,对不连续阵元充分利用,同时WT-SVP填充算法实现了稀疏阵列波达方向估计的高精度、高分辨以及在低信噪比、低快拍时的高鲁棒性。

High-order extended coprime array design for direction of arrival estimation

Nonuniform linear arrays,such as coprime array and nested array,have received great attentions because of the increased degrees of freedom(DOFs)and weakened mutual coupling.In this paper,inspired by the existing coprime array,we propose a high-order extended coprime array(HoECA)for improved direction of arrival(DOA)estimation.We first derive the closed-form expressions for the range of consecutive lags.Then,by changing the inter-element spacing of a uniform linear array(ULA),three cases are proposed and discussed.It is indicated that the HoECA can obtain the largest number of consecutive lags when the spacing takes the maximum value.Finally,by comparing it with the other sparse arrays,the optimized HoECA enjoys a larger number of consecutive lags with mitigating mutual coupling.Simulation results are shown to evaluate the superiority of HoECA over the others in terms of DOF,mutual coupling leakage and estimation accuracy.

Determination of Direction of Arrival of Seismic Wave by a Single Tri-axial Fiber Optic Geophone

A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) geophone and a surface seismic wave-based algorithm for detecting the direction of arrival (DOA) are described. The operational principle of FBG geophone is introduced and illustrated with systematic experimental data, demonstrating an improved FBG geophone with many advantages over the conventional geophones. An innovative, robust, and simple algorithm is developed for obtaining the bearing information on the seismic events, such as people walking, or vehicles moving. Such DOA estimate is based on the interactions and projections of surface-propagating seismic waves generated by the moving personnel or vehicles with a single tri-axial seismic sensor based on FBGs. Of particular interest is the case when the distance between the source of the seismic wave and the detector is less than or comparable to one wavelength (less than 100 m), corresponding to near-field detection, where an effective method of DOA finding lacks.

基于深度复数神经网络的雷达目标DOA估计算法

传统模型驱动的波达方向(direction of arrival, DOA)估计算法性能受限于有限的信号特征、快拍数、信噪比、信杂比等因素,在低信噪比、快拍数少的极端情况下,性能较差。为克服上述问题,提高在极端条件下的估计精度,文章提出基于深度复数神经网络(complex-valued neural networks, CVNN)的单快拍DOA估计算法,构建深度复数神经网络模型,学习原始带噪信号与理想无噪复信号之间的映射关系,进而实现噪声抑制和期望信号特征增强的目的,提高DOA估计精度。仿真实验结果表明,经CVNN增强后,数据的等效信噪比约提高了1 dB,等效快拍数提高了3,该文所提算法相较于已有的多种物理驱动算法而言,具有更高的估计精度和泛化性。

Direction-of-arrival estimation based on direct data domain (D3) method

A direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation algorithm based on direct data domain （D3） approach is presented. This method can accuracy estimate DOA using one snapshot modified data, called the temporal and spatial two-dimensional vector reconstruction （TSR） method. The key idea is to apply the D3 approach which can extract the signal of given frequency but null out other frequency signals in temporal domain. Then the spatial vector reconstruction processing is used to estimate the angle of the spatial coherent signal source based on extract signal data. Compared with the common temporal and spatial processing approach, the TSR method has a lower computational load, higher real-time performance, robustness and angular accuracy of DOA. The proposed algorithm can be directly applied to the phased array radar of coherent pulses. Simulation results demonstrate the performance of the proposed technique.

DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF MUTUAL COUPLING BASED ON JOINT SPARSE RECOVERY

A novel Direction-Of-Arrival (DOA) estimation method is proposed in the presence of mutual coupling using the joint sparse recovery. In the proposed method, the eigenvector corresponding to the maximum eigenvalue of covariance matrix of array measurement is viewed as the signal to be represented. By exploiting the geometrical property in steering vectors and the symmetric Toeplitz structure of Mutual Coupling Matrix (MCM), the redundant dictionaries containing the DOA information are constructed. Consequently, the optimization model based on joint sparse recovery is built and then is solved through Second Order Cone Program (SOCP) and Interior Point Method (IPM). The DOA estimates are gotten according to the positions of nonzeros elements. At last, computer simulations demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed method.

Polynomial-rooting based fourth-order MUSIC for direction-of-arrival estimation of noncircular signals

A polynomial-rooting based fourth-order cumulant algorithm is presented for direction-of-arrival（DOA） estimation of second-order fully noncircular source signals, using a uniform linear array（ULA）. This algorithm inherits all merits of its spectralsearching counterpart except for the applicability to arbitrary array geometry, while reducing considerably the computation cost.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the previously developed closed-form second-order noncircular ESPRIT method, in terms of processing capacity and DOA estimation accuracy, especially in the presence of spatially colored noise.

Direction of arrival estimation method based on quantum electromagnetic field optimization in the impulse noise

In order to resolve direction finding problems in the impulse noise,a direction of arrival(DOA)estimation method is proposed.The proposed DOA estimation method can restrain the impulse noise by using infinite norm exponential kernel covariance matrix and obtain excellent performance via the maximumlikelihood(ML)algorithm.In order to obtain the global optimal solutions of this method,a quantum electromagnetic field optimization(QEFO)algorithm is designed.In view of the QEFO algorithm,the proposed method can resolve the difficulties of DOA estimation in the impulse noise.Comparing with some traditional DOA estimation methods,the proposed DOA estimation method shows high superiority and robustness for determining the DOA of independent and coherent sources,which has been verified via the Monte-Carlo experiments of different schemes,especially in the case of snapshot deficiency,low generalized signal to noise ratio(GSNR)and strong impulse noise.Beyond that,the Cramer-Rao bound(CRB)of angle estimation in the impulse noise and the proof of the convergence of the QEFO algorithm are provided in this paper.

基于压缩感知的阵元位置无源校准及DOA估计

文章针对阵元位置误差导致水听器阵列性能恶化的问题,提出一种适用于均匀线阵列的阵元位置无源校准方法。该方法综合远场阵列模型和宽带信号空间谱的特性,利用压缩感知技术,将阵元实际位置估计问题转化为稀疏信号的重建,建立了阵元位置误差模型,构建了相应的优化函数,并采用正交匹配追踪(Orthogonal Matching Pursuit,OMP)算法解算阵元实际位置。计算机仿真验证表明,基于压缩感知的方法能有效改善阵元位置误差造成的空间谱估计失效问题,可为目标方位角(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计提供有效的技术支撑。

低快拍下混合信号DOA快速估计算法

实时定位移动设备在电子对抗系统中至关重要,其性能主要取决于波达角(direction of arrival,DOA)的估计速度。低快拍是快速DOA估计的先决条件。目前基于稀疏重构算法的DOA估计具有适应低快拍的优势,但估计精度受限于初始观测矩阵,且估计速度受限于观测矩阵高维度的多次迭代。为此,提出一种空间差分矩阵和稀疏重构耦合的低快拍下高精度快速估计算法。首先利用空间差分矩阵消除非相干信号和噪声对相干信号估计结果的影响,提升初始观测矩阵的准确度;然后对完备字典做前后空间平滑处理,克服高维度信号处理复杂难题,实现快速估计;最后分别估计非相干信号和相干信号。仿真验证结果表明,相比稀疏重构方法,所提方案初值敏感度显著降低,在保障精度相当甚至小幅度提升的前提下,运行时间复杂度降低50%以上。

宽带相干信号DOA和极化参数联合估计方法

针对宽带相干信号下波达角和极化参数的联合估计问题,提出了一种低复杂度的参数估计方法。首先,通过轴向虚拟平移对圆阵接收信号进行平滑,而后对平滑后的自相关矩阵进行聚焦。之后,联合聚焦后的自协方差矩阵和平滑后的互协方差矩阵构造极化波达方向矩阵。然后,通过该矩阵的特征值和特征向量,经闭合式求解出入射信号的波达角和极化参数。所提算法实现了估计参数的自动配对,无需谱峰搜索,计算量小,且仅需3个阵元即可实现参数估计,能够节约硬件资源。仿真实验从复杂度、有效性和稳健性3个方面验证了所提算法的可行性。

Dynamic Direction of Arrival Estimation with an Unknown Number of Sources

Aiming at source number determination and direction of arrival(DOA) estimation under the case of time-varying source number,a method of DOA estimation with an unknown number of sources was proposed.Firstly,an algorithm based on crossvalidation technique was introduced to determine the number of sources.Then dynamic DOAs of source were estimated using an algorithm based on blind source separation(BSS) under the case that number of sources were unknown in advance and it was timevarying.The effectiveness of the proposed method was validated by simulation of time-invariant and time-varying numbers of source.Compared with other conventional methods,the proposed method has superior evaluation performances The proposed method can estimate m(the numbers of sensor) DOAs while other conventional methods estimate less than m DOAs.The R_(mse) of the proposed method in the case of low signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)(equal or lower than 30 dB) is smaller than 0.2 while R_(mse) of other conventional methods are greater than 0.8.

Wideband direction-of-arrival estimation based on cubic spline function

A new direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation algorithm for wideband sources is introduced, The new method obtains the output of the virtual arrays in the signal bandwidth using cubic spline function interpolation techniques. The narrowband high- resolution algorithm is then used to get the DOA estimation. This technique does not require any preliminary knowledge of DOA angles. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.

2-D Direction-of-arrival Estimation of Real-valued Sources

A new method is presented to estimate two-dimensional （2-D） Direction-of-Arrival （DOA） angles of narrowband real-valued signals impinging on a L-shape Arrays（LA）. The basic idea of the proposed method is to increase both the effective aperture size and the number of sensors by employing the conjugate invariance property of real-valued signals. Thus, the proposed method can provide a more precise DOA and detect more signals than the Cross-Correlation Matrix Method （CCMM）. Numerical simulation results are presented to support the theory.

基于自适应波束形成的水下目标高稳健DOA跟踪技术

针对复杂环境下水下目标高稳健方位估计与跟踪问题,基于自适应波束形成与非线性滤波技术,通过对目标可能方位进行自适应跟踪窗口实时构建与非线性实时跟踪迭代反馈,完成水下目标高稳健方位估计与跟踪。首先,基于均匀线性声呐阵列获取目标辐射噪声的阵元域量测信息,并建立水下运动目标的典型运动学模型;其次,基于最小方差无畸变响应的波束形成技术在目标预测方位对阵元域观测进行空域滤波处理,从而提升目标信号信噪比;然后,通过扩展卡尔曼滤波技术对目标方位进行高稳健跟踪,获得目标可能方位与误差,并将其反馈给上述波束形成技术进行自适应跟踪窗口调整,从而完成水下目标高稳健方位估计与跟踪。最后,多次蒙特卡洛仿真实验结果表明,在低信噪比情况下,当传统方位估计与跟踪方法和仅使用阵元域量测的滤波跟踪算法效果不佳或基本失效时,所提算法跟踪结果的平均估计误差仍在0.6°以下,具有较高的准确性和稳定性,从而证明所提算法的稳健性。

TOFS:一种新的宽带源DOA估计算法(英文)

介绍了一种新的宽带源DOA估计方法:TOFS。与TOPS(投影子空间正交性测试)方法类似,该方法通过同时测试频域各频段噪声子空间与阵列搜索流型之间的正交性来进行DOA估计。作为对比,根据非相关MUSIC方法,提出了一种新的适用于宽带的非相关MUSIC方法,称为I-MUSIC方法。与宽带相关方法不同,TOFS方法不需要任何初始值的预估。与宽带非相关方法也不相同,TOFS方法同时测试各频段噪声子空间与阵列搜索流型之间的正交性。仿真了TOFS与I-MUSIC、CSSM、TOPS的性能比较。仿真结果表明,CSSM方法在低信噪比时有较好的性能,TOFS方法在中等信噪比以上时,有较好的性能。同时,TOFS方法避免了TOPS方法中常常出现的伪峰。

基于稀疏表示的OFDM信号的DOA估计

针对正交频分复用(OFDM),宽带信号波达方向(DOA)估计问题,提出一种基于宽带信号协方差矩阵稀疏表示的DOA估计方法。该方法是在协方差矩阵主对角线下对左下角三角形元素按各条对角线取平均值后形成一个新的向量,然后将该向量写成冗余字典形式。在冗余字典下对信号进行稀疏性约束形成二阶锥约束优化问题,再用工具箱SeDuMi来实现DOA估计。理论分析和仿真结果表明,该方法在低信噪比和少快拍数下分辨率很高,是一种有效的宽带信号DOA估计算法,此方法优于基于高阶累积量算法和宽带聚焦算法的DOA估计方法。