An Improved DOA Estimation Method for a Mixture of Circular and Non-Circular Signals Based on Sparse Arrays

Abstract: Sparse arrays have attracted a lot of interests recently for their capability of providing more degrees of freedom than traditional uniform linear arrays. For a mixture of circular and noncircular signals, most of the existing direction of arrival (DOA) estimation methods are based on various uniform arrays. Recently, a class of DOA estimation algorithms based on sparse arrays was developed for a mixture of circular and noncircular signals. To further improve its performance, in this work, a modified algorithm is presented, which can resolve the same number of signals, and simulation results are provided to verified its performance.