Analysis and modeling of a signal coming from a location object, determination of his true angle of an approach

Authors: Burdyga A.V., Logvinenko A.S.
Published in issue: #1(30)/2019
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2019-1-430
Category: Instrument Engineering, Metrology, Information-Measuring Instruments and Systems | Chapter: Instruments and Measuring Methods
Keywords: bearing, antenna array, elevation angle, azimuth, algorithm for finding the nearest, underlying surface, directivity pattern, angle estimation, reference hypotheses
Published: 30.01.2019

The paper deals with the essence of the received signal by receivers from the object location that may interfere with its correct decoding and recognition of the true direction of approach. The purpose of the simulation is to identify the correct angle of object’s approach. For this, the authors consider the influence of the reflected signal from the underlying surface on the accuracy of recognizing the direction of the location object. In this paper, the authors designed a model of the antenna array, and the directivity pattern of each antenna was taken into account, signals were generated at the antenna receivers, the problem of distorting the signal due to reflection from the ground was solved using the nearest search algorithm.

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