Spatial signature estimation for uniform linear arrays with unknown receiver gains and phases

• The problem of spatial signature estimation using a uniform linear array (ULA) with unknown receiver gain and phase responses is studied. Sufficient conditions for identifying the spatial signatures are derived, and a closed-Form ESPRIT-like estimator is proposed, The performance of the method is investigated by means of simulations and on experimental data collected with an antenna array in a suburban environment. The results show that the absence of receiver calibration is not critical for uplink signal waveform estimation using a plane wave model.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Antenna arrays

Calibration

Computer errors

Direction of arrival estimation

Frequency

Geometry

Linear antenna arrays

Phase estimation

Phased arrays

Sufficient conditions

parameter estimation.

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