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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 1521-1528.doi: 10.12382/bgxb.2022.0025

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DOA Estimation Based on Approximate l0 Norm of Natural Logarithm Composite Function

SHAN Zebiao1,2,3, CHANG Limin1, LIU Xiaosong1,*(), WANG Yuxiang1   

  1. 1 School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
    2 College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
    3 Changchun Meteorological Instrument Research Institute, Changchun 130102, Jilin, China
  • Received:2022-01-08 Online:2022-07-10
  • Contact: LIU Xiaosong

Abstract:

A DOA estimation algorithm based on a natural logarithm compound function approximating l0 norm is proposed to address the issues of slow convergence and low accuracy of existing compressed-sensing-based DOA estimation algorithms. We transform the problem of solving the l0 norm into an optimization problem of approximating the l0 norm by using a natural logarithm compound function. The Newton iteration method is employed to obtain the iteration expression of the natural logarithm compound function (for approximating l0 norm).The optimal solution of Newton iteration is obtained through inside and outside double-loop iteration, where the outside loop controls the magnitude of function approximation factor σ, and the inside loop solves the Newton iteration expression using the steepest descent method. The optimal solution of the approximate l0 norm is obtained after finite iterations, and the estimated value of DOA can be obtained. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm achieves effective DOA estimation under the condition of a single snapshot, and outperforms the existing smoothened l0 norm algorithm and its improved algorithms in terms of speed and accuracy.

Key words: DOA estimation, compressed sensing, approximate l0 norm, natural logarithm composite function