非均匀噪声环境下宽带近场源定位的两种改进方法

研究了宽带近场信号源基于最大似然方法和相关信号子空间方法在非均匀噪声下的被动定位算法，并进行了比较。这两种算法均可在传感器任意分布的情况下有效地进行信号源定位。最大似然法采用了迭代的方法来估计噪声的协方差矩。而信号子空间法给出了聚焦阵构造的新方法。仿真试验证明了方法的有效性和稳健性。     

Maximum likelihood direction-of-arrival estimation in unknown noise fields using sparse sensor arrays

We address the problem of maximum likelihood (ML) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation in unknown spatially correlated noise fields using sparse sensor arrays composed of multiple widely separated subarrays. In such arrays, intersubarray spacings are substantially larger than the signal wavelength, and therefore, sensor noises can be assumed to be uncorrelated between different subarrays. This leads to a block-diagonal structure of the noise covariance matrix which enables a substantial reduction of the number of nuisance noise parameters and ensures the identifiability of the underlying DOA estimation problem. A new deterministic ML DOA estimator is derived for this class of sparse sensor arrays. The proposed approach concentrates the ML estimation problem with respect to all nuisance parameters. In contrast to the analytic concentration used in conventional ML techniques, the implementation of the proposed estimator is based on an iterative procedure, which includes a stepwise concentration of the log-likelihood (LL) function. The proposed algorithm is shown to have a straightforward extension to the case of uncalibrated arrays with unknown sensor gains and phases. It is free of any further structural constraints or parametric model restrictions that are usually imposed on the noise covariance matrix and received signals in most existing ML-based approaches to DOA estimation in spatially correlated noise.     

Maximum-likelihood direction-of-arrival estimation in the presenceof unknown nonuniform noise

We consider the problem of estimating directions of arrival (DOAs) of multiple sources observed on the background of nonuniform white noise with an arbitrary diagonal covariance matrix. A new deterministic maximum likelihood (ML) DOA estimator is derived. Its implementation is based on an iterative procedure which includes a stepwise concentration of the log-likelihood (LL) function with respect to the signal and noise nuisance parameters and requires only a few iterations to converge. New closed-form expressions for the deterministic and stochastic direction estimation Cramer-Rao bounds (CRBs) are derived for the considered nonuniform model. Our expressions can be viewed as an extension of the well-known results by Stoica and Nehorai (1989, 1990) and Weiss and Friedlander (1993) to a more general noise model than the commonly used uniform one. In addition, these expressions extend the results obtained by Matveyev et al. (see Circuits, Syst., Signal Process., vol.18, p.479-87, 1999) to the multiple source case. Comparisons with the above-mentioned earlier results help to discover several interesting properties of DOA estimation in the nonuniform noise case. To compare the estimation performance of the proposed ML technique with the results of our CRB analysis and with the performance of conventional “uniform” ML, simulation results are presented. Additionally, we test our technique using experimental seismic array data. Our simulations and experimental results both validate essential performance improvements achieved by means of the approach proposed     

Comparative Analysis of ML-PSO DOA Estimation with Conventional Techniques in Varied Multipath Channel Environment

In the field of array signal processing, direction of arrival (DOA) estimation is a prime area of research. DOA estimation and adaptive beamforming (ABF) are the main issues in smart antennas, which dynamically find the direction of desired and interfering users and finds the optimum weights for beamforming. There are numerous spectral and eigen structure algorithms for estimating the direction of narrow band sources. However, in a complex multipath channel environment, received signals from different directions are fully or partially correlated, which prevents the applications of high resolution techniques to estimate the direction of incoming signals. Maximum likelihood (ML) is an efficient technique for DOA estimation in a low signal to noise ratio (SNR) and coherent channel environment. In this paper, we use particle swarm optimization (PSO) for estimating ML solution by optimizing complex non linear multimodal function over a high dimensional space in linear arrays. PSO-ML estimator has been compared with conventional DOA estimation techniques in uncorrelated, partially correlated and coherent channel environment. The performance of PSO-ML estimator and conventional algorithms are analyzed in varying partially correlated channel environment. The simulation results demonstrate that PSO based estimator gives superior statistical performance.     

A Method for the Direction-of-Arrival Estimation of Incoherently Distributed Sources

We consider the problem of estimating the nominal direction of arrival (DOA) of an incoherently distributed source. This problem is encountered due to the presence of local scatterers in the vicinity of a transmitter or due to signals propagating through a random inhomogeneous medium. Since the spatial covariance matrix has full rank for an incoherently distributed source, the performance of most high-resolution DOA estimation algorithms conceived under coherently distributed sources, as well as point source models, degrades when scattering is present. In addition, several DOA estimation techniques devised under a distributed source model require a high-dimensional nonlinear optimization problem. In this paper, we propose a novel method based on the conventional beamforming approach, which estimates the nominal DOA from a spatial maximum peak of the output power. The proposed method is computationally more attractive than the maximum likelihood (ML) estimator, although the performance degrades in comparison with the ML estimator, whose asymptotic performance is equivalent to the Cramer–Rao bound (CRB). We derive and compare the asymptotic performances of the proposed method and the redundancy-averaged covariance matching (RACM) method in the single-source case. The simulation results illustrate that the asymptotic performance of the proposed method is better than that of the RACM method.      

非均匀噪声背景下混合信号DOA估计算法

针对非均匀噪声背景下非相关信源与相干信源并存时波达方向(DOA)估计问题，提出了基于迭代最小二乘和空间差分平滑的混合信号DOA估计算法。首先，该算法利用迭代最小二乘方法得到噪声协方差矩阵估计，然后对数据协方差矩阵进行“去噪”处理，利用子空间旋转不变技术实现非相关信源DOA估计；其次，基于空间差分法消除非相关信号并构造新矩阵进行前后向空间平滑，利用求根MUSIC算法估计相干信源DOA。相比于传统算法，该算法能估计更多的信源数，在低信噪比情况下DOA估计性能更优越。仿真实验结果验证了该算法的有效性。      

The resolution threshold of a direction-finding algorithm fordiversely polarized arrays

Subspace-based algorithms for narrowband direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation require detailed knowledge of the array response (the array manifold) and assume that the noise covariance matrix is known up to a scaling factor. In practice, these quantities are not known precisely. Resolution and estimation accuracy can degrade significantly when the array response or the noise covariance deviate from their nominal values. We examine the resolution threshold of a recently proposed subspace-based algorithm for direction finding with diversely polarized arrays. We study finite sample effects, and the effects of modeling errors (errors in the array manifold or the noise covariance), on the resolution threshold. A comparison is made between the resolution thresholds of the MUSIC algorithm (for uniformly polarized arrays) and the proposed algorithm (for diversely polarized arrays)     

多径条件下均匀线阵DOA估计及互耦误差自校正

针对多径信道环境下存在互耦误差的均匀线阵,提出了一种联合波达方向估计及互耦 误差自校正算法。在不改变阵列互耦误差的条件下,首先利用虚拟阵列平移预处理方法,将 相干信源协方差矩阵恢复到满秩。进而利用互耦误差的对称Toeplitz特性,基于子空间原理 构造一代阶函数,采用秩损的方法得到互耦误差条件下的DOA估计及阵列互耦误差。数值仿 真结果表明,该算法具有良好的DOA估计性能与互耦误差自校正性能。     

基于噪声子空间解析形式的快速DOA估计算法

该文针对特殊的信号环境各辐射源信号均值相等且不为零,利用均匀线阵导向矢量的Vandermonde结构,推导出了噪声子空间的解析形式,并以此为基础提出了利用均匀线阵和稀疏平面阵的1维和2维DOA估计快速算法。该算法不需要计算接收数据的协方差矩阵,也不需要任何矩阵分解,因此计算量远小于传统的超分辨DOA估计,而且无论信号之间是否具有相干性,该方法有相同的估计性能。仿真实验表明,在噪声均值为零且快拍数足够的条件下,该方法的估计性能整体上与Root-MUSIC算法相当,而在信噪比较低时性能优于后者。     

2D DOA and Frequency Estimation Method with One Vector-Sensor and Two Pressure Sensors Based on ESPRIT and Signal Power

We use one vector and two pressure sensors to form a sparse large aperture L-shape array for high performance two-dimensional (2D) direction of arrival (DOA) and frequency estimation. Because the number of sensors is small and there is only one vector sensor in the presented array, thus, the installation of sensors in the array is simpler and installation error is smaller, than the conventional array. Meanwhile, a high performance 2D DOA and frequency estimation method is presented. Firstly, utilizing single vector sensor and based on the ESPRIT, a group coarse 2D DOA and frequency parameters are obtained. Secondly, to restrain space noise or interference, a matrix filter is utilized to process the covariance matrix which comes from sensor array, so as to form a new covariance matrix which possesses high signal to noise ratio. Thirdly, utilizing the new covariance matrix and based on the ESPRIT again, accurate but ambiguity angles estimates are obtained. Fourthly, one signal power estimator and one optimization method are presented to solve the angle ambiguity and frequency ambiguity problems, respectively. The proposed method gains a high performance 2D DOA and frequency estimation results. Numerical simulations are performed to verify the feasibility of the proposed method.

     

Maximum likelihood estimation and Cramer-Rao bounds for directionof arrival parameters of a large sensor array

A maximum likelihood (ML) method is developed for estimation of direction of arrival (DOA) and associated parameters of narrowband signals based on the Taylor's series expansion of the inverse of the data covariance matrix R for large M, M specifying number of sensors in the array. The stochastic ML criterion function can thus be simplified resulting in a computationally efficient algorithm for DOA estimation. The more important result is the derivation of asymptotic (large M) expressions for the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRB) on the covariance matrix of all unknown DOA angles for the general D source case. The derived bound is expressed explicitly as a function of snapshots, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), sensors, separation, and correlation between signal sources. Using the condition of positive definiteness of the Fisher information matrix a resolution criterion is proposed which gives a tight lower limit on the minimum resolvable angle     

Detection-estimation of more uncorrelated Gaussian sources than sensors in nonuniform linear antenna arrays. II. Partially augmentable arrays

This paper considers the detection-estimation problem for multiple uncorrelated plane waves impinging upon a so-called "partially augmentable" antenna array (whose difference set of intersensor spacings is incomplete). When the number of sources is not less than the number of contiguous (noninterrupted) covariance lags, detection-estimation involves the maximum-likelihood (ML) completion-estimation of some partially specified augmented Toeplitz covariance matrix. "Part I" in this series of papers (Abramovich et al. 2001) introduced and discussed a method for locally optimal Toeplitz covariance matrix estimation for "fully augmentable" arrays (that give rise to fully specified matrices). Here, this method is developed into locally optimal ML completion-estimation of a partially specified matrix. For identifiable scenarios, our completion technique yields an ideal restoration of the true covariance matrix when the specified covariance lags are exact. In the stochastic case, using the sample covariance matrix as a sufficient statistic, simulation results demonstrate a high detection-estimation performance.     

基于Toeplitz矩阵重构算法的宽带相干信号方位估计

根据天线阵列接收到的数据,提出了一种基于Toeplitz矩阵重构的宽带相干源方位估计算法.该算法先由Toeplitz 阵列接收到的数据得到包含波达方向信息的协方差矩阵,再对该协方差矩阵进行聚焦处理,得到同一频率的阵列协方差矩阵,最后由高分辨子空间处理方法得到宽带相干信号的波达方向估计.仿真实验证明了该方法的有效性.     

基于四阶累积量的最大似然测向方法研究

论述了最大似然（ML）算法测向以及四阶累积量阵列扩展的基本原理，在此基础上给出了一种基于最大似然算法和四阶累积量的DOA估计新方法。与普通的基于二阶矩的最大似然算法相比，本方法具有对阵列进行四阶扩展的能力，可以解决信号源数大于阵元数时的测向问题，并且由于四阶累积量自身的盲高斯性，还可以有效抑制高斯色噪声。     

High-resolution direction finding: the missing data case

This paper considers the problem of estimating the direction-of-arrival (DOA) of one or more signals using an array of sensors, where some of the sensors fail to work before the measurement is completed. Methods for estimating the array output covariance matrix are discussed. In particular, the maximum-likelihood (ML) estimate of this covariance matrix and its asymptotic accuracy are derived and discussed. Different covariance matrix estimates are used for DOA estimation together with the MUSIC algorithm and with a covariance matching technique. In contrast to MUSIC, the covariance matching technique can utilize information on the estimation accuracy of the array covariance matrix, and it is demonstrated that this yields a significant performance gain     

基于协方差、正性和L1范数约束的迭代波达方向估计方法

本文通过将只能用于均匀线阵的PHD方法推广到稀疏线阵,同时将正性约束引入FOCUSS方法,得到了一种基于协方差、正性和l1范数约束进行协方差重建的迭代波达方向(DOA)估计方法.该方法利用了MUSIC方法忽略的反映阵列几何形状的协方差矩阵结构信息和DOA估计的稀疏约束信息,不仅突破了信号源个数小于阵元数的限制,并具有提高DOA估计性能的潜力.理论分析和仿真实验结果表明,这种迭代DOA估计方法一般经过数次迭代就能获得稳定的高分辨率DOA估计.     

Estimation of directions of arrival of multiple scattered sources

We consider the problem of estimating the directions of arrival (DOA) of multiple sources in the presence of local scattering. This problem is encountered in wireless communications due to the presence of scatterers in the vicinity of the mobile or when the signals propagate through a random inhomogeneous medium. Assuming a uniform linear array (ULA), we develop DOA estimation algorithms based on covariance matching applied to a reduced-size statistic obtained from the sample covariance matrix after redundancy averaging. Next, a computationally efficient estimator based on AR modelling of the coherence loss function is derived. A theoretical expression for the asymptotic covariance matrix of this estimator is derived. Finally, the corresponding Cramer-Rao bounds (CRBs) are derived. Despite its simplicity, the AR-based estimator is shown to possess performance that is nearly as good as that of the covariance matching method     

非均匀噪声条件下的互质阵列欠定DOA估计方法

针对基于互质阵列的欠定DOA估计方法在非均匀噪声条件下性能下降的问题,该文提出一种基于协方差矩阵重构和矩阵填充的鲁棒DOA估计方法。首先,将接收数据协方差矩阵分解,得到包含非均匀噪声项的对角阵;然后,选取对角线元素中的最小值,替换其余对角线元素,进而得到重构后的数据协方差矩阵;最后,对重构后的协方差矩阵进行扩展和矩阵填充,结合子空间方法进行DOA估计。理论分析和仿真结果表明,相对于现有方法,该文方法有效地抑制了非均匀噪声的影响,有更好的DOA估计性能。     

Maximum likelihood array processing for stochastic coherent sources

Maximum likelihood (ML) estimation in array signal processing for the stochastic noncoherent signal case is well documented in the literature. We focus on the equally relevant case of stochastic coherent signals. Explicit large-sample realizations are derived for the ML estimates of the noise power and the (singular) signal covariance matrix. The asymptotic properties of the estimates are examined, and some numerical examples are provided. In addition, we show the surprising fact that the ML estimates of the signal parameters obtained by ignoring the information that the sources are coherent coincide in large samples with the ML estimates obtained by exploiting the coherent source information. Thus, the ML signal parameter estimator derived for the noncoherent case (or its large-sample realizations) asymptotically achieves the lowest possible estimation error variance (corresponding to the coherent Cramer-Rao bound)     

基于协方差差分的近场源定位参量估计

提出一种基于空间差分技术的近场源方位角和距离联合估计新算法.算法利用平稳噪声协方差矩阵关于主对角线对称的特点,构造近场源定位模型下的空间差分矩阵.推导并证明了该矩阵的谱分解特性,以此为基础确定噪声子空间,借助谱峰搜索实现定位参量估计.算法通过对消噪声分量有效降低了未知平稳噪声对定位精度的影响,同时避免了应用差分技术解决信源定位时出现的伪峰问题.均方根误差的仿真结果证明了算法的有效性.