The application provides an improved
sparse learning out-of-grid direction-of-arrival
estimation method based on variational Bayesian. The method is characterized in that: the
original data received by a
hydrophone array is preprocessed, a real value transformation is used to convert a vectorized
covariance matrix
signal in a complex number field to a real number field, and the idea of variational sparse Bayesian learning and grid evolution is combined to make the grid evolve from an initial uniform grid to a non-uniform grid adaptively in an
iteration process. The evolution process includes grid updating and grid
fission. The evolved grid points are gradually close to the real source position through the alternately iterative grid updating process and grid
fission process. Compared with the traditional
compressed sensing method, the method has higher DOA
estimation accuracy, reduces the operation complexity, optimizes the operation efficiency, improves the resolution capacity of the source, and has higher application value in actual
engineering, especially in the case of few snapshots and low
signal-to-
noise ratio.