CRLB Analysis for Matrix Pencil DoA Estimation in Hybrid Receivers Under Snapshot Constraints
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Abstract
In this paper, we derive the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for a newly developed approach for direction of arrival (DoA) estimation in hybrid analog/digital (HAD) receivers under snapshot constraints. In such cases, the inherent structure of the received signals can be exploited for reliable DoA estimation rather than using statistical averaging techniques. One approach to exploit this structure is the matrix pencil method (MPM). Unfortunately, existing HAD receivers tangle the signals at the output of the HAD receiver, hindering the direct use of the MPM. To address this difficulty, an approach developed in [1] enables the MPM to expose the structure of the output signal of the analog combiner by leveraging periodic, potentially unknown signals to disentangle the output of the HAD receiver. We derive the CRLB for this approach and show that it yields output signals resembling those of a fully-digital receiver, albeit with a snapshot penalty. Numerical simulations show that the developed approach achieves performance within a small gap of the corresponding CRLB and outperforms existing counterparts.
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