Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2009, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (5): 937-942.

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Narrowband time delay estimation based on correlation coefficient

Gao Yang, Qiu Tianshuang, Sha Lan & Zhao Yanbin   

  1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Dalian Univ. of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
  • Online:2009-10-22 Published:2010-01-03

Abstract:

The problems of time delay estimation of narrowband signals are presented. The disadvantages of the existing algorithms are analyzed, and a new narrowband time delay estimating algorithm based on correlation coefficient is proposed. The original time delay information is transfered into the delay between the autocorrelation and cross-correlation function, and the precise estimating result by wave-comparison is given. The algorithm proposed here is also compared with other algorithms and its advantages over other algorithms are proved. The theoretical analysis and simulation show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.