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Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Techniques

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yaomin He
Tsinghua University
2
Ahmad Bazzi
New York University
3
Chongjun Ouyang
Queen Mary University of London
4
Zongyu Zhang
Zhejiang University
5
Zhitong Ni
University of Technology Sydney
6
Julian P. Merkofer
Eindhoven University of Technology
7
Andreas Barthelme
Institut für Informationsverarbeitung
8
Huichao Yang
Hebei Normal University
9
Mengguan Pan
Anhui University
10
Zhe Zhang
First Affiliated Hospital of GuangXi Medical University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Low Dynamic Range for RIS-Aided Bistatic Integrated Sensing and Communication
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|2025
51 cit.
2
Array Gain for Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS)
IEEE Communications Letters|2025
47 cit.
3
Ziv–Zakai Bound for 2D-DOAs Estimation
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing|2024
37 cit.
4
A Primer on Near-Field Communications for Next-Generation Multiple Access
Proceedings of the IEEE|2024
34 cit.
5
On the Impact of Reactive Region on the Near-Field Channel Gain
IEEE Communications Letters|2024
32 cit.
6
Mutual Information Based Pilot Design for ISAC
IEEE Transactions on Communications|2025
31 cit.
7
ISAC Imaging by Channel State Information Using Ray Tracing for Next Generation 6G
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics Antennas and Propagation|2025
27 cit.
8
Upper Mid-Band Spectrum for 6G: Vision, Opportunity and Challenges
IEEE Communications Magazine|2025
26 cit.
9
Frequency-Time Resource Allocation for Multiuser Uplink ISAC Systems
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology|2024
10 cit.
10
Diversity and Multiplexing for Continuous-Aperture Array (CAPA)-Based Communications
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2025
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Junpeng Shi
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
Martial Coulon
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
3
Marwa Chafii
New York University
4
Oscar F. Somerlock
Johns Hopkins University
5
Hanxiao Yu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Kuandong Gao
Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology
7
Yunfei Wang
Yunnan University
8
Tianpeng Liu
National University of Defense Technology
9
Chongtao Guo
Shenzhen University
10
Huafei Wang
Wuhan University of Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Twelve Scientific Challenges for 6G: Rethinking the Foundations of Communications Theory
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials|2023
263 cit.
2
On Outage-Based Beamforming Design for Dual-Functional Radar-Communication 6G Systems
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2023
194 cit.
3
DNN-Based Indoor Localization Under Limited Dataset Using GANs and Semi-Supervised Learning
IEEE Access|2022
155 cit.
4
On Integrated Sensing and Communication Waveforms With Tunable PAPR
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2023
153 cit.
5
Secure Full Duplex Integrated Sensing and Communications
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security|2023
115 cit.
6
Dual-Mode Chirp Spread Spectrum Modulation
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters|2022
97 cit.
7
Enhanced and Generalized Coprime Array for Direction of Arrival Estimation
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems|2022
82 cit.
8
Complex Neural Network Based Joint AoA and AoD Estimation for Bistatic ISAC
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing|2024
82 cit.
9
On Hybrid Radar Fusion for Integrated Sensing and Communication
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2024
71 cit.
10
Dual-Mode Time Domain Multiplexed Chirp Spread Spectrum
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology|2023
67 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Arye Nehorai
Washington University in St. Louis
2
Petre Stoica
Uppsala University
3
P. P. Vaidyanathan
California Institute of Technology
4
Mats Viberg
Chalmers University of Technology
5
Hing Cheung So
City University of Hong Kong
6
Tapan K. Sarkar
Uppsala University
7
Moeness G. Amin
Villanova University
8
Yonina C. Eldar
Weizmann Institute of Science
9
Reinaldo A. Valenzuela
Nokia (Finland)
10
Björn Ottersten
University of Luxembourg

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Two decades of array signal processing research: the parametric approach
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine|1996
4.7k cit.
2
V-BLAST: an architecture for realizing very high data rates over the rich-scattering wireless channel
Unknown Journal|2002
3.5k cit.
3
A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|1987
3.4k cit.
4
MUSIC, maximum likelihood, and Cramer-Rao bound
IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing|1989
2.8k cit.
5
MIMO Radar with Colocated Antennas
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine|2007
2.5k cit.
6
Nested Arrays: A Novel Approach to Array Processing With Enhanced Degrees of Freedom
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing|2010
2k cit.
7
Sparse Sensing With Co-Prime Samplers and Arrays
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing|2010
1.7k cit.
8
Spatial Diversity in Radars—Models and Detection Performance
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing|2006
1.6k cit.
9
Matrix pencil method for estimating parameters of exponentially damped/undamped sinusoids in noise
IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing|1990
1.5k cit.
10
MIMO radar: an idea whose time has come
Unknown Journal|2004
1.4k cit.

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