Multipath Delay Estimation for Frequency Hopping Systems

  • Authors:
  • Prashanth Hande;Lang Tong;Ananthram Swami

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA;School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA;Army Research Lab, AMSRL-CI-CN, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The multipath delay estimation problem for a slow frequency hopping system is studied. High resolution delay estimation algorithms are proposed by exploiting invariance structures in the data packet. The proposed approach converts the problem of delay estimation using temporally received packets to one of estimating directions-of-arrival in array processing. Two closed-form estimators are developed. The first algorithm is based on the use of a single invariance and applies the ESPRIT algorithm. The second approach utilizes multiple invariances, and enforces the Cayley-Hamilton constraint in the signal subspace. It is shown, via an analysis of acquisition time, that the use of multiple invariances significantly shortens the number of hops required for parameter identifiability. Simulation examples also demonstrate the advantage of exploiting multiple invariances.