Non-coherent direction of arrival estimation from magnitude-only measurements

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2015

Abstract

We consider the classical Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation problem in the presence of random sensor phase errors are present at each sensor. To eliminate the effect of these phase errors, we propose a DOA recovery technique that relies only on magnitude measurements. This approach is inspired by phase retrieval for applications in other fields. Ambiguities typically associated with phase retrieval methods are resolved by introducing reference targets with known DOA. The DOA estimation problem is formulated as a nonlinear optimization in a sparse framework, and is solved by the recently proposed GESPAR algorithm modified to accommodate multiple snapshots. Numerical results demonstrate good DOA estimation performance. For example, the probability of error in locating a single target within 2 degrees is less than 0.1 for SNR ≥ 15dB and one snapshot, and negligible for SNR ≥ 10dB and five snapshots.

Identifier

84919941524 (Scopus)

Publication Title

IEEE Signal Processing Letters

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2014.2377556

ISSN

10709908

First Page

925

Last Page

929

Issue

7

Volume

22

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