Learning Array Signal Topologies as Conditional Neural Manifolds

📅 2026-09-16
📈 Citations: 0
Influential: 0
📄 PDF
🤖 AI Summary
本文提出条件神经流形(CNM)方法,通过观测条件映射源参数到导向向量,解决传统子空间方法在模型不匹配下的DoA估计精度下降问题。
📝 Abstract
Subspace methods such as multiple signal classification (MUSIC) achieve super-resolution direction of arrival (DoA) estimation by exploiting the orthogonality between the array manifold and the noise subspace of the measurements. Their accuracy therefore depends on the assumed manifold and degrades under model mismatch, while parameters not identifiable from the spatial manifold cannot be recovered. In this work, we propose the conditional neural manifold (CNM), which replaces the fixed manifold with an observation-conditioned mapping from source parameters to steering vectors. An encoder maps the snapshots to a latent scene representation that conditions a zero-initialized neural field over the parameter space. The manifold is learned without steering-vector supervision by shaping the resulting MUSIC landscape. Since the correction acts on the manifold rather than on the estimator, it can be used by other manifold-based methods without modification. The CNM restores resolution under array imperfections, colored noise, correlated sources, and near-field propagation, and resolves the angle-frequency ambiguity inherent to the nominal spatial manifold.
Problem

Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.

array manifold
direction of arrival estimation
model mismatch
subspace methods
neural field
Innovation

Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.

Conditional Neural Manifold (CNM)
Direction of Arrival (DoA) Estimation
MUSIC Algorithm
Manifold Learning
Array Signal Processing
🔎 Similar Papers
No similar papers found.
J
Julian P. Merkofer
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
V
Vincent van de Schaft
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
R
Ruud J. G. van Sloun
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands