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In this paper, the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation with a new nested array is addressed. It is known that the original two-level nested array is composed of two uniform linear arrays (ULAs), and there exist some redundant elements in their difference co-array. In order to reduce the redundancy, a new array configuration which consists of a ULA and a non-uniform linear array, rather than two ULAs, is proposed. On one hand, the proposed array can effectively increase degrees of freedom as well as virtual array aperture. On the other hand, it has a group of continuous lags in the virtual array. Thanks to the advantages of the proposed array configuration, higher resolution and better estimation performance of DOA estimation can be achieved. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed array structure.
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This work was supported by the Foundation of Shenzhen under Grant JCYJ20170302150044331, the Foundation of Guangdong Science and Technology Department under Grants 2017A030313341 and 2018A030310576, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61771316.
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Li, Z., Huang, H. & Liao, B. A new nested array for direction-of-arrival estimation. Multidim Syst Sign Process 31, 663–672 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11045-019-00680-5
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