Estimation of Two-Dimensional Non-Symmetric Incoherently Distributed Source with L-Shape Arrays

In the field of array signal processing, distributed sources can be regarded as an assembly of point sources within a spatial distribution. In this study, a two-dimensional (2D) non-symmetric incoherently distributed (ID) source model is proposed; we explore the estimation of a 2D non-symmetric ID s...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2019-03, Vol.19 (5), p.1226
Main Authors: Wu, Tao, Deng, Zhenghong, Li, Yiwen, Li, Zhengxin, Huang, Yijie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
angular spread
direction-of-arrival (DOA)
expectation maximization
incoherently distributed sources
L-shape arrays
non-symmetric
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Summary:In the field of array signal processing, distributed sources can be regarded as an assembly of point sources within a spatial distribution. In this study, a two-dimensional (2D) non-symmetric incoherently distributed (ID) source model is proposed; we explore the estimation of a 2D non-symmetric ID source using L-shape arrays. The 2D non-symmetric ID source is established by modeling the angular power density function (APDF) as a Gaussian mixture model. Estimation of the non-symmetric distributed source is proposed based on the expectation maximization (EM) framework. The proposed EM iterative framework contains three steps in the process of each circle. Firstly, the nominal azimuth and nominal elevation of each Gaussian component are obtained from the phase parts of elements in sample covariance matrices. Then the angular spreads can be solved through a one-dimensional (1D) search by the original generalized Capon estimator. Finally, weights of each Gaussian component are obtained by solving the least-squares estimator. Simulations are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the estimation technique.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s19051226