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Title: Deep Learning-Enabled Improved Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Technique

This paper provides a simple yet effective approach to improve direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation performance in extreme signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) conditions. As an example, a multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm with a deep learning (DL) approach is used. First, brief research into the existing DOA estimation techniques is provided, followed by a demonstration of a simulation environment created on the MATLAB platform to generate and resolve signals from a uniform rectangular array of antenna elements. Following that is an attempt to improve the estimation accuracy of these signals by training various DL approaches, including multi-layer perceptron and one- and two-dimensional convolutional neural networks, using the generated dataset. Key findings include the cases where the developed DL approach can resolve signals and provide accurate DOA estimations that the MUSIC algorithm cannot.

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Award ID(s):
2153875
NSF-PAR ID:
10531501
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
MDPI
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Electronics
Volume:
12
Issue:
16
ISSN:
2079-9292
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3505
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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