Method and system for field agnostic source localization

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• one or more communication interfaces;
• and
• one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory via the one or more communication interfaces, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured by the instructions to:
• receive (i) a plurality of direct multiband spectrum (MBS) signals and (ii) a plurality of delayed MBS signals from a plurality of sensor elements in a sensor receiver array of a predefined dimension;
• sample the plurality of direct MBS signals and the plurality of delayed MBS signals at one of (i) at Nyquist sampling rate (ii) above Nyquist sampling rate or (iii) below Nyquist sampling rate;
• obtain (i) discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of each of the sampled direct MBS signal of the plurality of sampled direct MBS signals and (ii) discrete Fourier transform of each of the sampled delayed MBS signal of the plurality of sampled delayed MBS signals;
• compute a direct-direct correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements from the DFT of each of the sampled direct MBS signal;
• compute a direct-delay correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements from the DFT of each of the sampled delayed MBS signal and the DFT of each of the sampled direct MBS signal;
• obtain a direct correlation data matrix using the direct-direct correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements;
• obtain a delay correlation matrix using the direct-delay correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements;
• estimate a signal subspace matrix from the direct correlation data matrix;
• estimate a transformation matrix based on the signal subspace matrix;
• estimate a plurality of diagonal matrices based on the delay correlation matrix, the signal subspace matrix and the transformation matrix;
• jointly estimate a carrier frequency and a corresponding direction of arrival (DOA) of each source signal of a plurality of source signals from a plurality of data sources based on the plurality of diagonal matrices, the signal subspace matrix and the transformation matrix using an element-wise division of the plurality of diagonal matrices;
• compute a covariance matrix using one of (i) the plurality of sampled direct MBS signals or (ii) the plurality of sampled delayed MBS signals;
• estimate noise subspace by decomposing the covariance matrix;
• and
• iteratively performing for estimating range of each source signal of the plurality of source signals, the estimating comprising:
• compute a maximum possible range based on the sensor receiver array dimension and the carrier frequency of the source signal;
• divide the maximum possible range into a plurality of bins of predefined size;
• form a steering matrix from the carrier frequency, the DOA and the plurality of bins;
• and
• determine the range of the source signal as one of (i) near field or (ii) far field by projecting the steering matrix onto the noise subspace.

One or more non-transitory machine readable information storage mediums comprising one or more instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors causes a method for:

• receiving (i) a plurality of direct multiband spectrum (MBS) signals and (ii) a plurality of delayed MBS signals from a plurality of sensor elements in a sensor receiver array of a predefined dimension;
• sampling the plurality of direct MBS signals and the plurality of delayed MBS signals at one of (i) at Nyquist sampling rate (ii) above Nyquist sampling rate or (iii) below Nyquist sampling rate;
• obtaining (i) discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of each of the sampled direct MBS signal of the plurality of sampled direct MBS signals and (ii) discrete Fourier transform of each of the sampled delayed MBS signal of the plurality of sampled delayed MBS signals;
• computing a direct-direct correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements from the DFT of each of the sampled direct MBS signal;
• computing a direct-delay correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements from the DFT of each of the sampled delayed MBS signal and the DFT of each of the sampled direct MBS signal;
• obtaining a direct correlation data matrix using the direct-direct correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements;
• obtaining a delay correlation matrix using the direct-delay correlation for each sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements;
• estimating a signal subspace matrix from the direct correlation data matrix;
• estimating a transformation matrix based on the signal subspace matrix;
• estimating a plurality of diagonal matrices based on the delay correlation matrix, the signal subspace matrix and the transformation matrix;
• jointly estimating a carrier frequency and a corresponding direction of arrival (DOA) of each source signal of a plurality of source signals from a plurality of data sources based on the plurality of diagonal matrices, the signal subspace matrix and the transformation matrix using an element-wise division of the plurality of diagonal matrices;
• computing a covariance matrix using one of (i) the plurality of sampled direct MBS signals or (ii) the plurality of sampled delayed MBS signals;
• estimating noise subspace by decomposing the covariance matrix;
• and
• iteratively performing for estimating range of each source signal of the plurality of source signals, the estimating comprising:
• computing a maximum possible range based on the sensor receiver array dimension and the carrier frequency of the source signal;
• dividing the maximum possible range into a plurality of bins of predefined size;
• forming a steering matrix from the carrier frequency, the DOA and the plurality of bins;
• and
• determining the range of the source signal as one of (i) near field or (ii) far field by projecting the steering matrix onto the noise subspace.