Using shaped beam patterns for tracking

Tom Bruintjes; Andre B.J. Kokkeler; Georgios Karagiannis; Gerardus Johannes Maria Smit

doi:10.1109/TAP.2014.2360221

Using shaped beam patterns for tracking

Tom Bruintjes, Andre B.J. Kokkeler, Georgios Karagiannis, Gerardus Johannes Maria Smit

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This communication presents a new direction-of-arrival based tracking method, using shaped beam patterns. The advantage of this method is that the direction of a signal can be estimated based on a single output (analog) beamformer, without having to scan over multiple angles. Simulations indicate that, although arrays consisting of 8 to 16 antennas are preferable, the minimum array size is 4. A single array can cover a scan angle of roughly 120° and the direction of arrival can be estimated with an RMS error of 2°.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6496-6501
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation
Volume	62
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2014.2360221
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2013

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IR-92527

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