Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation

Direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation in the Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded devices is typically performed using single-RF chain systems and antenna switching using time-division multiplexing. The accuracy of the DoA estimation is reduced due to the additional phase shifts between the samples...

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Main Authors: Ales Simoncic, Ke Guan, Grega Morano, Ales Svigelj, Andrej Hrovat, Teodora Kocevska, Tomaz Javornik
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Ales Simoncic
Ke Guan
Grega Morano
Ales Svigelj
Andrej Hrovat
Teodora Kocevska
Tomaz Javornik
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Ke Guan
Grega Morano
Ales Svigelj
Andrej Hrovat
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description Direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation in the Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded devices is typically performed using single-RF chain systems and antenna switching using time-division multiplexing. The accuracy of the DoA estimation is reduced due to the additional phase shifts between the samples on the antenna elements caused by the carrier frequency offset (CFO). We propose to use optimized antenna switching patterns (ASPs) to mitigate the effect of CFO on accuracy in DoA estimation using a multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm. We evaluated two switching methods referred to as EvenCFO-SP and Mirror-SP with simulations and confirmed the validity with measurements. Performance is analyzed and compared with a standard sequential sampling (SS) method. Uniform linear and circular array configurations are considered to evaluate the impact of the noise and the CFO value on estimation accuracy. The results show that the optimized ASPs outperform the SS method, with lower performance gain at small signal-to-noise ratios. The ASP sensitivity to the CFO value is studied, and the frequency bounds within which the optimized ASPs maintain high estimation accuracy are identified. A coarse CFO correction, effective for frequency estimation errors within the kHz range, extends the frequency bounds. Compared to a fine calibration, this reduces computational requirements, making it a viable option for embedded and IoT devices with limited hardware resources.
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spelling doaj-art-ca078dd4e842436eadd1f9030be1682a2025-08-20T03:41:21ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation2637-64312025-01-01641022103610.1109/OJAP.2025.355867110955341Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA EstimationAles Simoncic0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-0543Ke Guan1Grega Morano2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0829-2709Ales Svigelj3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5155-7672Andrej Hrovat4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-875XTeodora Kocevska5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9262-1079Tomaz Javornik6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-5658Department of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaDirection-of-arrival (DoA) estimation in the Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded devices is typically performed using single-RF chain systems and antenna switching using time-division multiplexing. The accuracy of the DoA estimation is reduced due to the additional phase shifts between the samples on the antenna elements caused by the carrier frequency offset (CFO). We propose to use optimized antenna switching patterns (ASPs) to mitigate the effect of CFO on accuracy in DoA estimation using a multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm. We evaluated two switching methods referred to as EvenCFO-SP and Mirror-SP with simulations and confirmed the validity with measurements. Performance is analyzed and compared with a standard sequential sampling (SS) method. Uniform linear and circular array configurations are considered to evaluate the impact of the noise and the CFO value on estimation accuracy. The results show that the optimized ASPs outperform the SS method, with lower performance gain at small signal-to-noise ratios. The ASP sensitivity to the CFO value is studied, and the frequency bounds within which the optimized ASPs maintain high estimation accuracy are identified. A coarse CFO correction, effective for frequency estimation errors within the kHz range, extends the frequency bounds. Compared to a fine calibration, this reduces computational requirements, making it a viable option for embedded and IoT devices with limited hardware resources.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10955341/Antenna switching pattern (ASP)carrier frequency offset (CFO)direction-of-arrival (DoA)Internet of Things (IoT)MUSICnoise
spellingShingle Ales Simoncic
Ke Guan
Grega Morano
Ales Svigelj
Andrej Hrovat
Teodora Kocevska
Tomaz Javornik
Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation
IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Antenna switching pattern (ASP)
carrier frequency offset (CFO)
direction-of-arrival (DoA)
Internet of Things (IoT)
MUSIC
noise
title Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation
title_full Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation
title_fullStr Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation
title_short Experimental Evaluation of Enhanced Antenna Switching for CFO Mitigation in DoA Estimation
title_sort experimental evaluation of enhanced antenna switching for cfo mitigation in doa estimation
topic Antenna switching pattern (ASP)
carrier frequency offset (CFO)
direction-of-arrival (DoA)
Internet of Things (IoT)
MUSIC
noise
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10955341/
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