title: A Low-Complexity Method for Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Using an L-Shaped Array.
abstract: In this paper, a new low-complexity method for two-dimensional (2D) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation is proposed. Based on a cross-correlation matrix formed from the L-shaped array, the proposed algorithm obtains the automatic pairing elevation and azimuth angles without eigendecomposition, which can avoid high computational cost. In addition, the cross-correlation matrix eliminates the effect of noise, which can achieve better DOA performance. Then, the theoretical error of the algorithm is analyzed and the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for the direction of arrival estimation is derived . Simulation results demonstrate that, at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and with a small number of snapshots, in contrast to Tayem's algorithm and Kikuchi's algorithm, the proposed algorithm achieves better DOA performance with lower complexity, while, for Gu's algorithm, the proposed algorithm has slightly inferior DOA performance but with significantly lower complexity.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China. wangq@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China. hang0917@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China. dkchenhua@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Countermeasure and Simulation Technology, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China. dongyangyang2104@126.com.
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: School of Software, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China. wlh@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Laihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: 2D DOA estimation; Cramer–Rao bound; L-shaped array; automatic pairing; low-complexity; theoretical analysis