Journal on Communications ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 153-165.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-436x.2014.02.020

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Auto-calibration method and performance analysis for noncircular sources based on instrumental sensors

Jie-xin YIN,Ying WU,Ding WANG   

  1. Communication Engineering College, PLA Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Online:2014-02-25 Published:2017-07-25
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China;Future Development Foundation of Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology College

Abstract:

An improved direction-finding algorithm for noncircular sources was proposed in the presence of angularly dependent gain and phase errors, which is called NC-ISM based on the fundamental principle of ISM (instrumental sen-sor method). Through the application of the extended data model of non-circular signals with maximum rate, the pro-posed algorithm enhances the information utilization leading to advancement of estimation accuracy and twice the num-ber of sources that can be distinguished. The performance study on NC-ISM proved the statistical consistency of the pa-rameter estimation, and a theoretical derivation for the closed-form expression of the mean square error (MSE) of NC-ISM estimation was presented under the influence of modeling errors of instrumental sensors by the first-order analysis. Therefore, the analysis can provide theoretical support for practical applications. The simulation results not only verify the effectiveness of theoretical derivation, but also illustrate that NC-ISM is more robust than ISM with respect to signal-to-noise ratio as well as modeling errors.

Key words: angularly dependent gain and phase error, ISM, noncircular signal, statistical consistency, modeling error of instrumental sensor

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