DOA estimation of noncircular signals with direction-dependent mutual coupling

Abstract

In this paper, a reweighted sparse recovery algorithm based on the optimal weighted subspace fitting (WSF) for non-circular signals in direction-dependent mutual coupling (MC) is proposed. Firstly, a new augmented model is constructed by leveraging the characteristics of non-circular signals. Next, a new direction matrix without mutual coupling coefficients is obtained by a novel transformation method. Then, two sparse recovery models are constructed by utilizing the WSF technique, and the sparsity of the solution is increased by constructing a weighted matrix. Finally, the direction of arrival (DOA) is achieved by a sparse recovery approach. For both coherent and incoherent signals, the developed approach can achieve precise DOA estimation in the case of direction-dependent MC. The robustness and advantage of the developed approach are testified by various experiments.