Time Difference Estimation Based on Blind Beamforming for Wideband Emitter

Sen ZHONG; Wei XIA; Lingfeng ZHU; Zishu HE

doi:10.1587/transinf.2015EDL8001

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Time Difference Estimation Based on Blind Beamforming for Wideband Emitter

Sen ZHONG, Wei XIA, Lingfeng ZHU, Zishu HE

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Keywords: time difference of arrival (TDOA), multipath, beamforming

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2015 Volume E98.D Issue 7 Pages 1386-1390

DOI https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2015EDL8001

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Abstract

In the localization systems based on time difference of arrival (TDOA), multipath fading and the interference source will deteriorate the localization performance. In response to this situation, TDOA estimation based on blind beamforming is proposed in the frequency domain. An additional constraint condition is designed for blind beamforming based on maximum power collecting (MPC). The relationship between the weight coefficients of the beamformer and TDOA is revealed. According to this relationship, TDOA is estimated by discrete Fourier transform (DFT). The efficiency of the proposed estimator is demonstrated by simulation results.

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