Abstract
In this letter, we explore the feature of coprime linear array (CLA) motion for enhanced array aperture and higher degree of freedom (DOF) by implementing synthetic aperture processing. Since the traditional fixed CLA cannot achieve two-dimensional (2-D) DOA estimation, we propose a novel approach to construct the virtual coprime planar array (VCPA) just by the CLA motion. Specifically, the CLA moves along the vertical direction at a constant velocity and the two subarrays of CLA are controlled to snap at different time delays related to the coprime number of sensors, by which the received signals at different time delays are synthetically processed to construct a VCPA. Simulation results demonstrate that: a) our proposed approach outperforms the synthetic CLA moving along the direction of layout of the initial arrays on DOF and the dimension of DOA estimation; b) the proposed VCPA can achieve 2-D DOA estimation just by the motive CLA and achieve no worse performance than the practical coprime planar array but by using fewer sensors.
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