RAM-based angle estimation with linear spatially separated polarisation sensitive array.

Two-dimensional direction of arrival (2D-DOA) and polarisation estimation of multiple incident signals for linear spatially separated polarisation sensitive array (SS-PSA) is investigated with reweighted atomic norm minimisation (RAM) algorithm. Single vector sensor in this paper is composed of spatially separated three dipoles and three loops. Firstly, the received data of the proposed array with single snapshot is converted into the new received data with six virtual snapshots. Each virtual snapshot data is the data sensing by dipoles or loops located in the same direction. Secondly, based on each virtual snapshot data, the complex amplitudes and frequencies of the virtual signals are restored using RAM algorithm. Lastly, 2D-DOA and polarisation angles are derived according to the restored complex amplitudes and frequencies. Simulation results demonstrate that the RAM algorithm used in 2D-DOA and polarisation estimation with SS-PSA exhibits superior performance, which is better compared with polarisation multiple signal classification (PMUSIC) algorithm and rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]