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In this paper, we focus on estimating Direction of Arrival (DOA) and removing heavy clutter embedded with measurement noise. A correlated Gaussian process is chosen to model destructive effects of clutter. Also, a white Gaussian process is selected to describe measurement noise caused by sensor array. After adding these distortions to the off-grid model, we utilize Sparse Bayesian Learning and principal component analysis (as a preprocessing stage) in order to remove these distortions as well as estimating of true DOAs. Finally, at the end we will show how ignorance of clutter from model or combine it with measurement noise degrade DOA estimation. This will be demonstrated by various numerical simulations.
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Ebrahimi, S., Sarbishaei, G. & Hodtani, G.A. Off-Grid direction of arrival estimation in the presence of measurement noise and heavy cluttered environment. SIViP 15, 695–703 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-020-01787-0
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