Direction of Arrival Estimation in Low-Cost Frequency Scanning Array Antenna Systems
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Abstract
This research investigates direction of arrival (DOA) estimation and angular resolution enhancement methods applicable to frequency scanning antennas (FSA) and provides analytical development and experimental validation for the proposed methods.FSAs are a subset of electronically scanning antennas, which scan the angle of their main beam by varying the frequency of the signals.Using FSA is a trade-off between more expensive and complex phase array antennas and slower and non-agile mechanical scanning antennas.Although agility and low-cost of FSAs make them a plausible choice in some application, low-cost FSAs may not comply with the desired requirements for the target application such as angular resolution requirements.Thus, this research attempts to first characterize the angular resolution capabilities of some selected FSA antenna systems, and then modify or extend super-resolution algorithms capable of enhancing the angular resolution of the antenna and adapt them to be applied to FSAs.Two angular resolution estimation methods, maximum likelihood estimation (ML) and Capon minimum variance beamforming (MVB), are studied in this research.Both methods are modified to be applicable to FSAs.In addition, the calibration and pre-processing methods required for each method are also introduced.Simulation results show that by selecting correct parameters, it is possible to enhance angular resolution beyond the beamwidth limitation of FSAs using both methods.The criteria for which each method performs the best are discussed and an analysis supporting the presented conditions is given.The proposed methods are also validated using the measured antenna radiation pattern of an 8element FSA which is built based on a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) waveguide.In addition, the experimental results using a beam scanning parabolic reflector antenna using a frequency multiplexed antenna feed is given.The design limitations of this antenna reduce the performance of angular resolution enhancement methods.Therefore, a hybrid scanning system combining mechanical and frequency scanning using the beam scanning reflector antenna is also proposed.The ML estimation is adapted and applied to the hybrid system and experimental viii results are presented.It is shown that the hybrid system can also improve angular resolution beyond beamwidth limitation of the scanning system.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.003 |
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