The invention discloses an absolute polynomial
correlation entropy DOA
estimation method in an
impulse noise environment, and the method comprises the steps: receiving a
signal through a nested array structure antenna, and calculating a corresponding
covariance matrix according to the received
signal and an absolute polynomial
correlation entropy operator APCO; vectorization, sorting and redundancy
elimination are carried out to obtain a new virtual uniform
linear array receiving
signal; and spatial
smoothing processing is carried out on a continuous part of which the
array element spacing of the difference
virtual array is half
wavelength, a spatial
smoothing covariance matrix is constructed, and
accurate estimation of the DOA is obtained by using a MUSIC method. According to the method, the absolute polynomial
correlation entropy operator APCO is used for inhibiting the
pulse noise abnormal value, the APCO matrix is constructed, dependence on priori knowledge of
noise is not needed, limitation of a traditional correlation entropy
algorithm can be eliminated, and high-precision DOA
estimation can be achieved in the environment of
strong pulse noise, low signal-to-
noise ratio and limited snapshot number.