A Comparative Study of Several Array Geometries for 2D DOA Estimation

Abstract In this paper, a comparison between several array geometries, including planar arrays and volume arrays, for two-dimensional Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation using Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) is presented. For each geometry, various criteria is taken into consideration and a comparative study of the performance of geometries is carried out. The geometries together with their ultimate direction finding performance are compared based on Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), the ambiguity functions, and Cramer-Rao Bounds (CRB). Furthermore, the effects of phase and amplitude variations of the array element radiation pattern, namely Vivaldi and Monopole antenna, on DOA estimation performance are studied. The advantages and drawbacks of each geometry vis-a-vis the employed DOA estimation technique are shown through a numerical comparison.

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