Direction Finding and Information Detection Algorithm with an L-Shaped CCD Array

ABSTRACTThis paper proposes a quaternion-ESPRIT (estimate signal parameters via rotation invariance) algorithm for estimating frequency, direction of arrival (DOA) and polarization, using a collocated crossed dipole (CCD) L-shaped array configuration. First, two sets of synchronous sampling data are used to construct the data covariance matrix, the array steering vector of the whole array is estimated using a quaternion eigenvalue decomposition of the data covariance matrix. Second, the direction cosine of the x-axis and y-axis are acquired by applying block operation to the spatial steering vectors, hence the estimates of two-dimensional DOA are obtained. Finally, the polarization parameters are estimated using the relationship between the dipole sub-array steering vectors of the x-axis and y-axis. The closed-form solutions for each parameter are obtained and parameters can automatically match. The simulation results verify that the performance of quaternion method is obviously better than that of the lo...