Time Delay Estimation from Multiband Radio Channel Samples in Nonuniform Noise

Tarik Kazaz; Gerard J.M. Janssen; Alle-Jan van der Veen

doi:10.1109/IEEECONF44664.2019.9049037

Time Delay Estimation from Multiband Radio Channel Samples in Nonuniform Noise

Tarik Kazaz, Gerard J.M. Janssen, Alle-Jan van der Veen

Signal Processing Systems

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Abstract

The multipath radio channel is considered to have a non-bandlimited channel impulse response. Therefore, it is challenging to achieve high resolution time-delay (TD) estimation of multipath components (MPCs) from bandlimited observations of communication signals. It this paper, we consider the problem of multiband channel sampling and TD estimation of MPCs. We assume that the nonideal multi-branch receiver is used for multiband sampling, where the noise is nonuniform across the receiver branches. The resulting data model of Hankel matrices formed from acquired samples has multiple shift-invariance structures, and we propose an algorithm for TD estimation using weighted subspace fitting. The subspace fitting is formulated as a separable nonlinear least squares (NLS) problem, and it is solved using a variable projection method. The proposed algorithm supports high resolution TD estimation from an arbitrary number of bands, and it allows for nonuniform noise across the bands. Numerical simulations show that the algorithm almost attains the Cramér Rao Lower Bound, and it outperforms previously proposed methods such as multiresolution TOA, MI-MUSIC, and ESPRIT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 53nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1237-1241
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-4300-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-4301-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF44664.2019.9049037
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	2019 53rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers - Pacific Grove, United States Duration: 3 Nov 2019 → 6 Nov 2019 Conference number: 53rd

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Conference	2019 53rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pacific Grove
Period	3/11/19 → 6/11/19

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time-of-arrival
channel estimation
superresolution
sparse recovery
multiband sampling
cognitive radio

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Kazaz, T, Janssen, GJM & van der Veen, A-J 2020, Time Delay Estimation from Multiband Radio Channel Samples in Nonuniform Noise. in 2019 53nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers ., 9049037, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1237-1241, 2019 53rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, United States, 3/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF44664.2019.9049037

Time Delay Estimation from Multiband Radio Channel Samples in Nonuniform Noise. / Kazaz, Tarik; Janssen, Gerard J.M.; van der Veen, Alle-Jan.
2019 53nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers . Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2020. p. 1237-1241 9049037.

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Time Delay Estimation from Multiband Radio Channel Samples in Nonuniform Noise

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