Direction of Arrival Estimation in Sensor Arrays Using Local Series Expansion of the Received Signal

A local series expansion of a received signal is proposed for computing direction of arrival (DOA) in sensor arrays. The advantages compared to classical DOA estimation methods include general sensor configurations, ultra-slow sampling, small dimension of the arrays, and that it applies for both narrowband and wideband signals without prior knowledge of the signals. This makes the method well suited for DOA estimation in sensor networks where size and energy consumption have to be small. We generalize the common far-field assumption of the target to also include the near-field, which enables target tracking using a network of sensor arrays in one framework.