The invention discloses a sparse Bayesian
direction of arrival estimation method based on subspace compression and dictionary optimization, and belongs to the field of array
signal processing. According to the method, the
data dimension is reduced through the subspace compression technology, and the
noise immunity is improved;
signal power and
noise power are automatically estimated in combination with a sparse Bayesian model, and dependence on information source number information is avoided; the calculation efficiency and the
numerical stability are improved through a support set adaptive
pruning strategy; and finally, a dictionary
fine tuning mechanism is introduced, direction
continuous optimization is realized on the basis of an original discrete grid, an off-grid error is eliminated, and direction-of-arrival
estimation with sub-resolution precision is realized. The method is a novel method combining subspace compression, sparse
Bayesian inference, adaptive
pruning and angle optimization, can give consideration to
estimation precision, calculation efficiency and application robustness, and is especially suitable for direction estimation under the complex actual conditions of low
signal-to-
noise ratio, few snapshots, unknown
signal source number and the like.