Classical and Modern Direction-of-Arrival Estimation

• Brings together in one of the most modern DOA techniques, showing the connections between them


• Contains contributions from the leading people in the field


• Gives a concise and easy-to-read introduction to the classical techniques


• Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of key super-resolution techniques


• Includes applications to sensor networks

Classical and Modern. Direction of Arrival. This unique blend of techniques in commercial use. DF systems and state-of-the-art super-resolution methods. Key topics covered are:

• Classical methods of direction finding


• Practical DF methods used in commercial systems


• Calibration in antenna arrays


• Array mapping, fast algorithms and wideband processing


• Spatial time-frequency distributions for DOA estimation


• DOA estimation in threshold region


• Higher order statistics for DOA estimation


• Localization in sensor networks and direct position estimation

T. Engin Tuncer is a Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Department of Middle East Technical University, Turkey. His research is focused on the sensor and multichannel signal processing.

Ben Friedlander is an internationally known expert in communications and surveillance systems. He has extensive experience spanning over three decades in array and direction finding. In recent years, work on multiple antennas for wireless communications. Currently he is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

• Brings together in one of the most modern DOA techniques, showing the connections between them


• Contains contributions from the leading people in the field


• Gives a concise and easy-to-read introduction to the classical techniques


• Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of key super-resolution techniques


• Includes applications to sensor networks

Wireless Direction-Finding Fundamentals; Practical Aspects of Design and Application of Direction-Finding Systems; Calibration in Array Processing; Narrowband and Wideband DOA Estimation for Uniform and Nonuniform Linear Arrays; Search-Free DOA Estimation Algorithms for Nonuniform Sensor Arrays; Spatial Time-Frequency Distributions and DOA Estimation; DOA Estimation in the Small-Sample Threshold Region; High-Resolution DOA Estimation with Higher-Order Statistics; Source and Node Localization in Sensor Networks; Direct Position Determination: A Single-Step Emitter Localization Approach