A blind space–time joint channel and direction of arrival (DoA) estimation method is proposed for DS-CDMA systems. The new method employs a linear antenna array and requires only the signature sequence and timing of the desired user to blindly estimate the channel and the DoA parameters. Two blind algorithms that exploit antenna arrays are also proposed for enhancing the channel estimates. Simu...

The demand of communicating at higher data rates can be easily met by using wideband signals [1], rendering the problem of estimating the direction of arrival (DOA) of wideband sources quite important. Multipaths, scatterers etc. present near the transmitter provide spatial bandwidth to these sources, which seriously degrade the performance of traditional DOA estimation techniques, designed ass...

In this paper, we describe a new blind source separation (BSS) method that uses spatial information derived from the direction of arrival (DOA) estimates of each direct and reflected sound. The method we proposed has the following steps: (1) each DOA is estimated using matching pursuit and re-optimized after each new DOA is estimated, (2) using these DOA estimates, the mixing matrix is also est...

Broiler mortality during transport to abattoirs (dead-on-arrival/DOA) evokes concern due to compromised animal welfare and associated economic losses. The general aim of this study was to characterize pathological lesions associated with mortality in broilers close to slaughter. The specific aim was to investigate whether disease at the end of the growth period may be a predisposing factor for ...

Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation using a uniform linear array (ULA) is a classical problem in array signal processing. In this paper, we focus on DOA estimation based on the maximum likelihood (ML) criterion, transform the estimation problem into a novel formulation, named as sum-of-squares (SOS), and then solve it using semidefinite programming (SDP). We first derive the SOS and SDP metho...

This paper investigates the possibility estimating the direction of arrival (DOA) in a system identification perspective. The system is modeled as an autoregressive (AR) process and extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used to estimate the DOA, which forms a state of the augmented state vector of the EKF. The states generate the signals at a linearly phased array. Simulation results demonstrate the ...

Evaluation of depth of anaesthesia (DoA) is critical in clinical surgery. Indices derived from electroencephalogram (EEG) are currently widely used to quantify DoA. However, there are known to be inaccurate under certain conditions; therefore, experienced anaesthesiologists rely on the monitoring of vital signs such as body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure to contro...

Abstract: Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithms in array processing applications have been developed under time-invariant wavefronts. In most applications this assumption is not realistic due to the nonhomogeneous propagation medium which can distort the wavefront received by the array. This paper extends the author’s previous work on signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation, in develo...