Presentation 2005/2/25
Sectorized Calibration of CUBA-ESPAR for Improving Direction Finding Ability
Chen SUN, Akifumi HIRATA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Hiroyoshi YAMADA, Takashi OHIRA,
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Abstract(in English) Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation plays important roles in various wireless communications scenarios. The circular uniform beam array (CUBA) DOA estimation method that achieves DOA estimation of coherent waves has been applied to the electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antennas. The aim of this paper is to investigate both eigen-calibration and minimum mean square error (MMSE) calibration methods of ESPAR antennas for the CUBA DOA estimation technique. The sectorized calibration method is also proposed to improve the calibration accuracy and DOA estimation performance. The minimum angular separation of two coherent waves is reduced from 45° to 15°. By applying the filtering function in the calibration, the technique can estimate two uncoherent waves that impinge within the calibrated region and suppress out-of-sector interference.
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Keyword(in English) ESPAR antenna / mutual coupling / circular uniform beam array (CUBA) / multiple signal classification (MUSIC) / reactance domain MUSIC / direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation
Paper # WBS2004-148,A・P2004-329,RCS2004-416,MoMuC2004-199,MW2004-326
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Conference Date 2005/2/25(1days)
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Title (in English) Sectorized Calibration of CUBA-ESPAR for Improving Direction Finding Ability
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Keyword(1) ESPAR antenna
Keyword(2) mutual coupling
Keyword(3) circular uniform beam array (CUBA)
Keyword(4) multiple signal classification (MUSIC)
Keyword(5) reactance domain MUSIC
Keyword(6) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation
1st Author's Name Chen SUN
1st Author's Affiliation ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories()
2nd Author's Name Akifumi HIRATA
2nd Author's Affiliation ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories
3rd Author's Name Tatsuya SHIMIZU
3rd Author's Affiliation ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories
4th Author's Name Hiroyoshi YAMADA
4th Author's Affiliation ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories
5th Author's Name Takashi OHIRA
5th Author's Affiliation ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories
Date 2005/2/25
Paper # WBS2004-148,A・P2004-329,RCS2004-416,MoMuC2004-199,MW2004-326
Volume (vol) vol.104
Number (no) 683
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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