Direction of arrival estimation in time modulated linear arrays with unidirectional phase center motion

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1105-1111

  Li, Gang ^a   Yang, Shiwen ^a   Nie, Zaiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Direction of arrival (DOA); Moving phase center; Time modulation

Indexed keywords

DATA SPACE; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; DOA ESTIMATION; FAR-FIELD; LINEAR ARRAYS; MAIN BEAMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOVING PHASE CENTER; MULTIPLE SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; PHASE CENTER; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL LOCATION; TIME MODULATION; UNIFORM LINEAR ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; ARRAY PROCESSING; COMPUTER MUSIC; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 77950797684     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2041313     Document Type: Article

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