Recent Advances in Sensor Array Signal Processing and its Applications in Future Communication and Radar

Dear Colleagues,

There have been remarkable advancements in sensor array signal processing in recent years, fueled by the growing demand for high-performance communication and radar systems. Sensor arrays, comprising multiple spatially distributed sensors, offer unique capabilities for signal detection, estimation, and spatial processing. Recently, coprime and nested array signal processing has garnered considerable attention owing to its ability to expand the aperture, enhance the spatial resolution, increase the degrees of freedom, and mitigate the mutual coupling. These techniques have applications across diverse domains such as wireless communication, MIMO radar techniques, and satellite navigation.

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in sensor array signal processing and their applications. We expect distinguished submissions to highlight sparse array designs, array signal processing algorithms, and their diverse applications in communication and radar systems.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Sparse array design for high performance;
• Multi-dimensional array signal processing;
• Array calibration and compensation methods;
• Array signal processing methods with sparse antenna arrays;
• Array signal processing for wireless communications;
• Aperture extension techniques for sparse MIMO radar;
• Sparse MIMO radar design and direction finding algorithms;
• Tracking moving sources;
• Performance bounds on localization and tracking;
• Massive MIMO for 5G/6G.

Prof. Dr. Xiaofei Zhang
Dr. Jianfeng Li
Dr. Wei Liu
Guest Editors

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• sparse array
• signal processing
• antenna arrays
• MIMO radar