Direction of arrival(DOA)estimation for unfolded coprime array(UFCA)is discussed,and a method based on subspace compensation is proposed.Conventional DOA estimation meth-ods partition the UFCA into two subarrays for s...Direction of arrival(DOA)estimation for unfolded coprime array(UFCA)is discussed,and a method based on subspace compensation is proposed.Conventional DOA estimation meth-ods partition the UFCA into two subarrays for separate estimations,which are then combined for unique DOA determination.However,the DOA estimation performance loss is caused as only the partial array aperture is exploited.We use the estimations from one subarray as initial estimations,and then enhance the estimation results via a compensation based on the whole array,which is im-plemented via a simple least squares(LS)operation constructed from the initial estimation and first-order Taylor expansion.Compared to conventional methods,the DOA estimation performance is improved while the computational complexity is in the same level.Multiple simulations are con-ducted to verify the efficiency of the proposed approach.展开更多
基金the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Com-plex Electromagnetic Environment Effects on Electronics and Information System(CEMEE 2021Z0101B)the Na-tional Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61601167).
文摘Direction of arrival(DOA)estimation for unfolded coprime array(UFCA)is discussed,and a method based on subspace compensation is proposed.Conventional DOA estimation meth-ods partition the UFCA into two subarrays for separate estimations,which are then combined for unique DOA determination.However,the DOA estimation performance loss is caused as only the partial array aperture is exploited.We use the estimations from one subarray as initial estimations,and then enhance the estimation results via a compensation based on the whole array,which is im-plemented via a simple least squares(LS)operation constructed from the initial estimation and first-order Taylor expansion.Compared to conventional methods,the DOA estimation performance is improved while the computational complexity is in the same level.Multiple simulations are con-ducted to verify the efficiency of the proposed approach.
