PARAMETER-ESTIMATION USING RELAX WITH A COLD ARRAY

This correspondence presents a RELAX (RELAXation-based) algorithm for angle, polarization, and waveform estimation of completely polarized n arrowband electromagnetic plane waves arriving at a uniform Linear co- centered orthogonal loop and dipole (COLD) array. We use numerical exa mples to demonstrate the performance of the RELAX algorithm far parame ter estimation with the COLD array and compare it with the performance of the MODE (Method of Direction Estimation) algorithm. We show that this RELAX algorithm can outperform MODE and yet be computationally fa ster than MODE.