Statistical Resolution Limit of the Uniform Linear Cocentered Orthogonal Loop and Dipole Array

Among the family of polarization sensitive arrays, we can find the so-called cocentered orthogonal loop and dipole uniform linear array (COLD-ULA). The COLD-ULA exhibits some interesting properties, e.g., the insensibility of the polarization vector with respect to the source localization in the pla...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on signal processing 2011-01, Vol.59 (1), p.425-431
Main Authors: El Korso, M N, Boyer, R, Renaux, A, Marcos, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Approximation methods
Arrays
Cocentered orthogonal loop and dipole (COLD) array
Computer Science
Context
Cramer-Rao bounds
Detection, estimation, filtering, equalization, prediction
Dipoles
Exact sciences and technology
Exact solutions
Information, signal and communications theory
Linear arrays
Localization
Mathematical analysis
Miscellaneous
Numerical simulation
Polarization
polarized sources localization
Sensor arrays
Signal and communications theory
Signal and Image Processing
Signal processing
Signal resolution
Signal, noise
statistical resolution limit
Telecommunications and information theory
Vectors (mathematics)
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Summary:Among the family of polarization sensitive arrays, we can find the so-called cocentered orthogonal loop and dipole uniform linear array (COLD-ULA). The COLD-ULA exhibits some interesting properties, e.g., the insensibility of the polarization vector with respect to the source localization in the plan of the array. In this correspondence, we derive the statistical resolution limit (SRL) characterizing the minimal separation, in terms of direction-of-arrivals, to resolve two closely spaced known polarized sources impinging on a COLD-ULA. Toward this end, nonmatrix closed form expressions of the deterministic Cramér-Rao bound (CRB) are derived and thus, the SRL is deduced. A comparison between the SRL of the COLD-ULA and the classical ULA are given. Particularly, it is shown that, in the case of orthogonal known signal sources, the SRL of the COLD-ULA is equal to the SRL of the ULA, meaning that it is not a function of polarization parameters. Furthermore, due to the derived SRL, it is shown that, under some general conditions, the SRL of the COLD-ULA is smaller than the one of the ULA.
ISSN:1053-587X
1941-0476
DOI:10.1109/TSP.2010.2083657