A polynomial rooting approach to the localization of coherently scattered sources

Jason Goldberg, Hagit Messer

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Abstract

The problem of passive localization of coherently scattered sources with an array of sensors is considered. The spatial extent of such a source is typically characterized by an angular mean and an angular spreading parameter. The maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for this problem requires a complicated search of dimension equal to twice the number of sources. However, a previously reported sub-optimal MUSIC type method reduces the search dimension to two (independently of the number of sources). In this paper, the search over the angular mean parameter in the above MUSIC type technique is replaced by a possibly more efficient polynomial rooting procedure. Computer simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed method compared to the performance of the ML and MUSIC estimators as well as to the Cramer-Rao bound.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1998
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2057-2060
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780344286, 9780780344280
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes
Event1998 23rd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1998 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: 12 May 199815 May 1998

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference1998 23rd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period12/05/9815/05/98

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