The traditional algorithm performing direction of arrival (DOA) estimation under the background of strong interference and colored noise has the problems of low estimation accuracy and small measurement targets. Based on the construction of a fourth-order cumulant (FOC) matrix to suppress colored noise, this paper adopts the extended noise subspace (ENS) algorithm and the fixed projection blocking (FPB) algorithm to estimate the DOA of weak targets. Firstly, a FOC matrix of the received signal vector is established to curb the noise component, and the eigenvalue decomposition is performed. Then, two approaches of weak signal DOA estimation are proposed. One approach is to merge the space where the strong interference steering vector lies into the noise subspace to construct an extended noise subspace, and then, the multisignal classification (MUSIC) algorithm is used to obtain the DOA estimation of the weak signal on the basis of the extended noise subspace. Another approach is to build the orthogonal projection matrix of the interference subspace as the interference blocking matrix, and the receiving array signal is preprocessed, and on the basis of it, the eigen decomposition is performed again to obtain the DOA information of the weak signal. Both algorithms make breakthroughs in the aperture limitation of the traditional algorithm, effectively expand the aperture, and promote the accuracy of estimation. The simulation tests the effectiveness of the proposed method.

针对传统算法在强干扰及非平稳噪声复合背景下相干信源波达方向(DOA)估计精度低、鲁棒性不强等问题,文中提出了基于修正投影阻塞算法和Toeplitz矩阵重构的相干弱目标DOA估计.首先,通过接收信号的协方差矩阵进行特征值分解,构造与干扰导向矢量正交的修正投影矩阵作为干扰阻塞矩阵;然后,对接收阵列信号做预处理重新形成协方差矩阵,并对此矩阵进行Toeplitz重构解相干;最后,使用传播算子算法对重构后的协方差矩阵进行DOA估计,降低复杂度.仿真证明:该算法在复合背景下对相干信号的DOA估计比传统算法有着更高的精度和鲁棒性.

针对传统算法对强干扰背景下相干目标的波达方向(direction of arrival,DOA)估计效率低、精度不高等问题,在构造干扰阻塞矩阵消除特定方向强干扰的基础上,基于局部空间差分算法进行相干目标的DOA估计.首先通过接收信号矩阵的角度信息构造阻塞矩阵来剔除协方差矩阵的强干扰信息,然后利用局部空间差分算法将协方差矩阵划分为若干子阵,从而充分提取有效信息并实现解相干,最后利用线性算子算法完成对目标的DOA估计,避免高复杂度的谱峰搜索.结果表明:该算法有效提高了数据利用率,有较好的解相干效果,能够在不同的信噪比和快拍数条件下获得比传统算法更低的估计偏差和更高的成功概率.

To address the problems of low accuracy and low robustness of the conventional algorithm in estimating the direction of arrival (DOA) of coherent signals against a composite background of strong interference and non-uniform noise, in this paper, a coherent signal DOA estimation algorithm based on fixed projection blocking is proposed in conjunction with a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar. The covariance matrix of the received signal is first decomposed by eigenvalues, and a fixed projection matrix orthogonal to the interference guidance vector is constructed as the interference blocking matrix. Then, the received array signal is pre-processed to re-form the covariance matrix, and this matrix is rendered decoherent through a Toeplitz reconstruction. Finally, the reconstructed covariance matrix is estimated by DOA using the propagation operator algorithm to reduce the complexity. The simulation verifies that the proposed algorithm has a better robustness and higher accuracy than conventional algorithms for the DOA estimation of coherent signals in composite backgrounds.

Due to the discontinuity of ocean waves and mountains, there are often multipath propagation effects and obvious pulse characteristics in low-altitude detection. If the conventional direction of arrival (DOA) estimation method is directly used for direction finding, it will lead to a large error. In view of serious misalignment in the DOA estimation of multipath signals under the background of impulse noise, a DOA estimation method based on spatial difference and a modified projection subspace algorithm is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the covariance matrix of the received data vector is used for spatial difference to eliminate the multipath effects of low-altitude targets. Secondly, the modified projection matrix is constructed using the signal source estimated with the least squares criterion and then used for modifying the covariance matrix, thus eliminating the cross-covariance matrices that affect the estimation accuracy. Finally, the modified covariance matrix is used for the DOA estimation of targets. Simulations show that the proposed algorithm achieves a higher accuracy in the DOA estimation of low-altitude targets than conventional algorithms under two common impulse noise models, without requiring prior knowledge of impulse noise.

Aiming at the problems of low efficiency and low accuracy of DOA estimation of coherent targets under strong interference background by traditional algorithms, this paper proposes a weighted spatial smoothing algorithm to solve DOA estimation method of coherent targets on the basis of constructing interference blocking matrix to eliminate strong interference in specific direction. First through the angle of the received signal matrix information blocking matrix constructed out of covariance matrix of interference information, and then the covariance matrix, combining since between submatrix, cross-correlation matrix to estimate the contribution of different perspective, using the nested pair again after spatial smoothing algorithm to get the weighted matrix array weighted smoothing, so as to realize the solution of coherent source coherence and DOA estimation. Simulation results show that the proposed method has higher estimation accuracy than the traditional algorithm under strong disturbance conditions.