Estimating the directions-of-arrival (DOAs) of propagating plane waves is a problem of interest in a variety of applications including radar, mobile communications, sonar, and seismology. The widely studied uniform linear array (ULA) can only provide estimates of source bearings relative to the array axis. A planar. array is required if estimates of source azimuth and elevation are required (2D...

We propose a parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis-based angle and polarization estimation algorithm for multiple coherent sources using a uniformly-spaced linear tripole sensor array. By forming a PARAFAC model using the spatial signature of the tripole array, the new algorithm requires neither spatial smoothing nor vector-field smoothing to decorrelate the signal coherency. We also establish tha...

Wireless communication systems utilize smart antennas. Smart antenna have digital signal processing unit. Smart antennas have ability to locate and track signals. Smart antenna performance depends on efficiency of digital signal processing algorithms. The Angle of Arrival (AOA) estimation algorithms is used for estimate the number of incidents signals on the antenna array and their angle of inc...

A novel algorithm for the joint estimation of the Direction Of Departure (DOD)-Direction Of Arrival (DOA) and Doppler frequency for bistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar is proposed. The proposed algorithm uses the rotational factor produced by the time delay of sampling to construct an angle matrix by fully utilizing the properties of the auto-covariance and cross-covariance mat...

This work analyzes the advantages of Artificial Neural Networks applied in development of a technique for estimation rotor angle and speed, transient stability assessment and control in real-time in Synchronous Generator. Two multi layered feed-forward Artificial Neural Networks are used for this technique. One is used for the estimation of rotor angle and another for the estimation of rotor sp...

Angle of arrival (AOA) is able to achieve high accuracy when the antenna arrays are deployed much closer to the emitter. However, spatial resolution problem still exists. This paper presents a novel AOA estimation method called sparsity angle sensing (SAS) to improve the resolution. It integrates compressive sensing theorem into the parameter estimation formula. Traditional approaches for AOA e...

Angle-of-arrival estimation is a widely used localisation method. However, multipath propagation leads to decreased performance. In this paper an expression for the CramerRao lower bound for angle-of-arrival estimation with a known transmitted signal in a two path environment is derived. The influence of array structure on the achievable accuracy and the capability of signal separation is inves...

Zoltowski and Kautz recently developed a beamspace domain based 1D angle estimation scheme for uniform linear arrays that allows one to solve for the arrival angles of plane waves via the roots of a small order polynomial and works with any type of front end beamformer. This paper extends their approach to the more general case of 2D angle estimation with a uniform rectangular array (URA) of se...

PURPOSE To quantify B1+ variation across the breasts and to evaluate the accuracy of precontrast T1 estimation with and without B1+ variation in breast MRI patients at 3 Tesla (T). MATERIALS AND METHODS B1+ and variable flip angle (VFA) T1 mapping were included in our dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) breast imaging protocol to study a total of 25 patients on a 3.0T GE MR 750 system. We compute...

We consider a coherent-classical estimation scheme for a class of linear quantum systems, where the estimator is a mixed quantum-classical system that may or may not involve coherent feedback. We show that when the quantum plant or the quantum part of the estimator (coherent controller) is an annihilation operator only system, coherent-classical estimation without coherent feedback can provide ...