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We consider the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation in unknown partially correlated noise environments where the noise covariance matrix is sparse. A sparse noise covariance matrix is a common model for a sparse array of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Mohammadreza Malek-Mohammadi , Magnus Jansson , Arash Owrang , Ali Koochakzadeh , Massoud Babaie-Zadeh

In order to improve the accuracy and resolution for transmit beamspace multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar, a search-free direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation method based on tensor decomposition and polynomial rooting is proposed.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-15 Feng Xu , Xiaopeng Yang , Tian Lan

Separating sources is a common challenge in applications such as speech enhancement and telecommunications, where distinguishing between overlapping sounds helps reduce interference and improve signal quality. Additionally, in multichannel…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-25 Linda Fabiani , Sebastian J. Schlecht , Isabel Haasler , Filip Elvander

In a time-division broadcast positioning system (TDBPS), localizing mobile targets using classical time difference of arrival (TDOA) methods poses significant challenges. Concurrent TDOA measurements are infeasible because targets receive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Chenxin Tu , Xiaowei Cui , Gang Liu , Sihao Zhao , Mingquan Lu

The estimation of direction of arrival (DOA) is a crucial issue in conventional radar, wireless communication, and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. However, low-cost systems often suffer from imperfect factors, such as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Peng Chen , Zhimin Chen , Liang Liu , Yun Chen , Xianbin Wang

In this paper, we complete the study of the geometry of the TDOA map that encodes the noiseless model for the localization of a source from the range differences between three receivers in a plane, by computing the Cartesian equation of the…

Sound · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Marco Compagnoni , Roberto Notari

Travel time tomography is used to infer the underlying three-dimensional wavespeed structure of the Earth by fitting seismic travel time data collected at surface stations. Data interpolation and denoising techniques are important…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Robert Baraldi , Carl Ulberg , Rajiv Kumar , Kenneth Creager , Aleksandr Aravkin

Asynchronous microphone array calibration is a prerequisite for many audition robot applications. A popular solution to the above calibration problem is the batch form of Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM), using the time…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-02 Chengjie Zhang , Jiang Wang , He Kong

Channel Charting (CC) has emerged as a promising framework for data-driven radio localization, yet existing approaches often struggle to scale globally and to handle the distortions introduced by non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions. In this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Mohsen Ahadi , Omid Esrafilian , Florian Kaltenberger , Adeel Malik

The generalized cross correlation (GCC) is regarded as the most popular approach for estimating the time difference of arrival (TDOA) between the signals received at two sensors. Time delay estimates are obtained by maximizing the GCC…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-25 Maximo Cobos , Fabio Antonacci , Luca Comanducci , Augusto Sarti

In this study, we consider the use of seismic sensors for footstep localization in indoor environments. A popular strategy of localization is to use the measured differences in arrival times of source signals at multiple pairs of receivers.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2013-10-08 R. Bahroun , O. Michel , F. Frassati , M. Carmona , J. L. Lacoume

Classical methods for acoustic scene mapping require the estimation of time difference of arrival (TDOA) between microphones. Unfortunately, TDOA estimation is very sensitive to reverberation and additive noise. We introduce an unsupervised…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-14 Idan Cohen , Ofir Lindenbaum , Sharon Gannot

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the direction of arrival (DOA) for a non-uniform and sparse linear sensor array using the weighted lifted structure low-rank matrix completion. The proposed method uses a single snapshot…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-29 Saeed Razavikia , Mohammad Bokaei , Arash Amini , Stefano Rini , Carlo Fischione

In this paper, a positioning technique based on Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) measurements is analyzed. The proposed approach is designed to consent range and position estimation, using ultrasound transmissions of a stream of chirp…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-10-20 Alessio De Angelis , Antonio Moschitta , Antonella Comuniello

Many applications require positioning. Time of Flight (ToF) methods calculate distances by measuring the propagation time of signals. We present a novel ToF localization method. Our new approach works infrastructure-less, without…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Maximilian von Tschirschnitz , Marcel Wagner , Marc-Oliver Pahl , Georg Carle

This paper presents a method for real-time estimation of 2-dimensional direction of arrival (2D-DOA) of one or more sound sources using a nonlinear array of three microphones. 2D-DOA is estimated employing frame-level time difference of…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-10 Anton Kovalyov , Kashyap Patel , Issa Panahi

Wireless indoor localization has attracted significant research interest due to its high accuracy, low cost, lightweight design, and low power consumption. Specifically, ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival (TDOA)-based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Wenda Zhao , Abhishek Goudar , Mingliang Tang , Angela P. Schoellig

Gridless direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation with multiple frequencies can be applied in acoustics source localization problems. We formulate this as an atomic norm minimization (ANM) problem and derive an equivalent regularization-free…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-15 Yifan Wu , Michael B. Wakin , Peter Gerstoft

Underwater source localization problems are complicated and challenging: a) the sound propagation speed is often unknown and the unpredictable ocean current might lead to the uncertainties of sensor parameters (i.e. position and velocity);…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-26 Bingbing Zhang , Yongchang Hu , Hongyi Wang , Zhaowen Zhuang

Time-Delay Interferometry (TDI) is the data processing technique that cancels the large laser phase fluctuations affecting the one-way Doppler measurements made by unequal-arm space-based gravitational wave interferometers. By taking finite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-25 Massimo Tinto , Sanjeev Dhurandhar , Prasanna Joshi