The invention provides a multi-target near-and-far field mixed source positioning method and belongs to the field of the array
signal processing technology. According to the method, firstly, a symmetric and homogeneous linear
sensor array is arranged to receive a
target signal, and then the observation
signal form of a near-and-far field mixed source is determined. Secondly, a special third-order cyclic matrix is constructed based on the output of a properly selected sensor, and a direction matrix thereof only contains the
azimuth information of a far-field source and the
azimuth information of a near-field source. Thirdly, the eigenvalue of the third-order cyclic matrix is decomposed, so that a corresponding
noise sub-space is obtained. Fourthly, a cyclic
autocorrelation matrix based on the
observation data of the entire matrix is calculated, and the eigenvalue of the cyclic
autocorrelation matrix is decomposed. In this way, a corresponding
noise sub-space is obtained. Fifthly, an already estimated
azimuth is substituted to the two-dimensional MUSIC spectrum peak searching process, so that the
estimation on the distance of the near-field source is realized. The application of four-order cumulants is avoided, and the calculation complexity of the
algorithm is effectively reduced. The
operation time of the
algorithm is shortened. Meanwhile, the cyclic steady interference and the steady
background noise are effectively suppressed. Moreover, the extra parameter matching process is avoided.