Wideband DOA estimation based on incoherent signal subspace method

Abstract

Purpose Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for wideband sources has attracted a growing interest in the recent decade because wideband sources are incorporated in many real-world applications such as communication systems, radar, sonar and acoustics. One way to estimate the DOAs of wideband signals is to decompose it into narrowband signals using discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and then apply well-established narrowband algorithms to each signal. Afterwards, results are averaged to yield the final DOAs. These techniques require scanning the full band of wideband sources, ultimately degrading the resolution and increasing complexity. This paper aims to propose a new DOA estimation methodology to solve these problems. Design/methodology/approach The new DOA estimation methodology is based on incoherent signal subspace method (ISSM). The proposed approach presents a criterion to select a single sub-band of the selected narrowband signals instead of scanning the whole signal spectrum. Then, the DOAs of wideband signals are estimated using the selected sub-band. Therefore, it is named as single sub-band (SSB)-ISSM. Findings The computational complexity of the proposed method is much lower than that of traditional DFT-based methods. The effectiveness and advantages of the proposed methodology are theoretically investigated, and computational complexity is also addressed. Originality/value To verify the theoretical analysis, computer simulations are implemented, and comparisons with other algorithms are made. The simulation results show that the proposed method achieves better performance and accurately estimates the DOAs of wideband sources.

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