The application provides a near-field
channel parameter estimation method considering spatial non-stationary characteristics, which comprises the following steps: obtaining a multipath parameter initial value by using a far-field SAGE
algorithm; calculating propagation distances of array elements at a transmitting end and a receiving end to scattering points, constructing a near-field channel response, and performing refined
estimation on angle and distance parameters, time
delay parameters and
complex gain parameters of the multipath. Correlation operation is performed on a current residual
signal and the near-field channel response in a
frequency domain to obtain an
array element level correlation metric. Continuous spatial non-stationary coefficients with a value of 0 to 1 are updated based on the correlation metric, and weighting iteration is performed on residual construction and parameter updating until a stop criterion is met, and near-field geometric parameters, time
delay parameters,
complex gain parameters of each multipath and spatial non-stationary coefficients of both transmitting and receiving ends are output. The method solves the problem of inconsistent multipath visible domains under XL-
MIMO arrays, can suppress the influence of invisible array elements on parameter
estimation, and improves the estimation accuracy and stability of the SAGE
algorithm under the condition of near-field spatial non-stationary channels.