Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array

Several performance lower bounds have been studied for evaluating the accuracy of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation. However, lower bounds for joint estimation have not been fully explored when it comes to DOA estimation. The Cramér–Rao bound (CRB) can guarantee asymptotic tightness in the high-...

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Main Authors: Xiaolong Kong, Daxuan Zhao, Nan Wang, Dazhuan Xu
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description Several performance lower bounds have been studied for evaluating the accuracy of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation. However, lower bounds for joint estimation have not been fully explored when it comes to DOA estimation. The Cramér–Rao bound (CRB) can guarantee asymptotic tightness in the high-signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region but cannot provide tight performance bounds for parameter estimators in low- and medium-SNR regions. Consequently, we propose a tight performance bound for the joint estimation of azimuth and elevation DOAs in an L-shaped array. Firstly, the joint conditional probability density function (PDF) is given to establish the mathematical relationship among the receiving signal and the azimuth and elevation DOAs. Then, the joint a posteriori PDF is derived according to the Bayesian theorem. Next, the azimuth and elevation DOA entropy error bound (AEEEB) is derived as a global performance bound using the joint <i>a posteriori</i> entropy. Finally, the CRB and the mean square error (MSE) are provided for comparisons with the proposed performance bound. The simulation results indicate that the AEEEB provides a tighter performance bound compared to the CRB.
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spelling doaj-art-6ea48d3e50874b6da2b882788b5d27642025-08-20T03:43:51ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-03-01256192910.3390/s25061929Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped ArrayXiaolong Kong0Daxuan Zhao1Nan Wang2Dazhuan Xu3The Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaThe Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaThe Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaThe Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaSeveral performance lower bounds have been studied for evaluating the accuracy of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation. However, lower bounds for joint estimation have not been fully explored when it comes to DOA estimation. The Cramér–Rao bound (CRB) can guarantee asymptotic tightness in the high-signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region but cannot provide tight performance bounds for parameter estimators in low- and medium-SNR regions. Consequently, we propose a tight performance bound for the joint estimation of azimuth and elevation DOAs in an L-shaped array. Firstly, the joint conditional probability density function (PDF) is given to establish the mathematical relationship among the receiving signal and the azimuth and elevation DOAs. Then, the joint a posteriori PDF is derived according to the Bayesian theorem. Next, the azimuth and elevation DOA entropy error bound (AEEEB) is derived as a global performance bound using the joint <i>a posteriori</i> entropy. Finally, the CRB and the mean square error (MSE) are provided for comparisons with the proposed performance bound. The simulation results indicate that the AEEEB provides a tighter performance bound compared to the CRB.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/6/1929direction-of-arrival estimationjoint <i>a posteriori</i> entropyL-shaped line arrayglobal performance bound
spellingShingle Xiaolong Kong
Daxuan Zhao
Nan Wang
Dazhuan Xu
Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array
Sensors
direction-of-arrival estimation
joint <i>a posteriori</i> entropy
L-shaped line array
global performance bound
title Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array
title_full Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array
title_fullStr Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array
title_full_unstemmed Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array
title_short Joint Entropy Error Bound of Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for L-Shaped Array
title_sort joint entropy error bound of two dimensional direction of arrival estimation for l shaped array
topic direction-of-arrival estimation
joint <i>a posteriori</i> entropy
L-shaped line array
global performance bound
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/6/1929
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