基于Khatri-Rao子空间和传播算子的宽带声源波达方向估计算法

本文提出基于Khatri-Rao子空间和传播算子的宽带声源波达方向估计算法。该算法将声源不同频率处的协方差矩阵变换重排为一个高维矩阵,然后利用传播算子方法估计宽带声源波达方向。该算法计算复杂度介于聚焦Khatri-Rao子空间和相干子空间算法之间。仿真和实验结果表明,该算法在降低计算量的同时,估计误差与聚焦Khatri-Rao子空间算法相近,远小于相干子空间算法。     

基于宽带无失真波束形成的空气中多声源被动定向方法

将宽带无失真波束形成技术与基于时延的声被动定向方法相结合,针对小孔径基阵,提出了对多个声源的定向方法。该方法把整个观测空间分为若干个不同的测量区域,而后利用基于时延的定向方法定向处于不同测量区域的声源。此方法使基于时延的声被动定向方法具有了一定的多源分辨能力,对提高和改进声被动探测系统在实际使用中的性能有重要意义。仿真计算和空气实验验证了本文所提方法的正确性和实用性。     

基于矢量水听器阵列空域预滤波处理的多重信号分类算法研究

矢量水听器能同时拾取声压和振速信息,在相同的信噪比、阵元数及阵列孔径下,矢量阵定向性能优于声压阵列。目前,以多重信号分类算法(Multiple signal classification,MUSIC)为代表的高分辨定向算法已经广泛应用于矢量水听器阵列中。但是随着信噪比降低、信号源方位间隔减小,传统MUSIC算法定向精度及分辨概率显著下降。本文采用最小二乘法设计适用于矢量水听器水平阵列的矩阵空域滤波器,用于阵列数据的空间滤波预处理,可以对阻带扇面噪声进行有效抑制。由滤波后的数据协方差矩阵可以得到新的噪声子空间,在传统MUSIC算法基础上修正通带扇面内阵列流型的畸变后即可得到滤波后MUSIC算法的方位谱。仿真结果表明,当信噪比较低时,改进算法有效提高了通带扇面内目标方位分辨性能。最后本文对四基元矢量水平阵列海试数据进行了处理,改进算法对窄带信号定向较常规算法-3 dB束宽减小了13°,旁瓣级降低约8 dB。对有一定带宽的行船辐射噪声定向处理得到了更加精确的航迹图,海试数据处理结果证明了该算法的可行性和有效性。     

Direction-of-arrival estimation using matrix spatial prefiltering approach

An approach to direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation for multiple narrowband farfield signals is proposed. The technique uses a novel matrix spatial prefiltering approach. Specifically, a matrix filter is designed to spatially filter the incoming data snapshots. The un-wanted components arriving from the stopband angular sectors are attenuated and the desired components from the angular sector of interest pass with minimal distortion. The matrix filter spatially filters the element-space data and the output reserves the element-space data property, which makes it very useful by passing sensor data through a spatial prefilter prior to applying many other array processors to attenuate interferences and improve system performance. Several examples of DOA estimation problem are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed spatial prefiltering approach. Results of simulation and real data show that the pre-filter can efficiently attenuate the spatial interferences and significantly improve the estimation and resolution capability of DOA estimators at low signal-to-noise ratios for the sources located inside the passband sector. In addition, the use of spatial prefilter makes it possible to estimate DOAs for multiple sources more than the number of the elements of an array.