Hybrid Near- and Far-Field Source Localization Using Symmetric Sparse Array

Abstract

Recently, symmetric linear nonuniform arrays (SLNAs) have been promoted for hybrid near-field (NF) and far-field (FF) source localization. A new SLNA based on symmetric nested array (SNA) is presented in the paper. The proposed array and its difference coarray (DCA) configuration can be expressed in closed-form. Comparing to the existing SLNAs with same sensors number, the proposed array can locate more sources and provide longer consecutive lags, which optimizes the detection results. Simulation results prove that the designed array outperforms traditional compressed symmetric nested array (CSNA).