A Fast Adaptive Beamforming Technique for Efficient Direction-of-Arrival Estimation

A plethora of problems related to signal estimation and direction can be effectively solved by using a sensor array. To this end, uniform estimation for all direction-of-arrivals (DOAs) with low computational complexity is an indispensable step for numerous applications. In this article, we present the DOA estimation method exploiting the recently proposed fast variable step size least mean square (FVSSLMS) method (Jalal et al., 2020). In most of the DOA estimation works, a uniform linear array (ULA) was used. Nonetheless, a ULA does not perform well for the DOA estimation when the signal sources are impinging close to the array endfire. To circumvent this issue, we modify the structure of ULA by displacing its four sensors to the top and bottom of the first and the last sensor. Computer simulations demonstrate that the proposed method provides uniform estimation performance for all DOAs with reduced computation complexity.

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This article presents a DOA estimation method using the fast variable step size least mean square (FVSSLMS) method. By modifying the structure of the uniform linear array (ULA), the proposed method provides uniform estimation performance for all DOAs with reduced computation complexity.