Estimation of 2-D DOA using non-circular music method for Uniform Circular and Rectangular Arrays

This paper extends the Non-Circular MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) (NC-MUSIC) method for the common array geometries including Uniform Circular Arrays (UCAs) and Uniform Rectangular Arrays (URAs), which enables the algorithm to estimate 2-D Direction Of Arrival (DOA). A comparison between UCAs and URAs of NC-MUSIC is made in this paper. The simulations show that the NC-MUSIC method doubles the maximum estimation number of standard MUSIC. Using non-circular signals, the performance of URAs is improved remarkably while the improvement of UCAs is not so significantly. Moreover, the influence of arrays structures on the NC-MUSIC method is dis-cussed.