Direction of Arrival Based Estimation l array type device and method

The invention relates to an L-shaped array-based two-dimensional wave arrival direction estimating device and a method thereof. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring cross correlation matrixes by using a right angle folding ruler L-shaped array antenna which is formed by vertically connecting one end of an equal-distance linear sub-array antenna in a longitudinal direction x withone end of an equal-distance linear sub-array antenna in a vertical direction z, and according to observation data which is acquired from the equal-distance linear sub-array antenna in the longitudinal direction x and the equal-distance linear sub-array antenna in the vertical direction z; independently acquiring an azimuth angle estimation value and an elevation angle estimation value through linear operation; and automatically accomplishing the process of matching an azimuth angle with an elevation angle by minimizing an azimuth angle and elevation angle cost function. Thus, the characteristic value decomposition process is avoided, complexity is reduced, a few estimation errors are generated, and precision is high.