{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7124424658","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2026.3654916","title":"Sensor Placement Strategies for 3-D AOA Localization Under General Convex Deployment Constraints","display_name":"Sensor Placement Strategies for 3-D AOA Localization Under General Convex Deployment Constraints","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7124424658","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2026.3654916"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/taes.2026.3654916","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2026.3654916","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S193624734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","issn_l":"0018-9251","issn":["0018-9251","1557-9603","2371-9877"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Pan Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-2241"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9842412","display_name":"Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics","ror":"https://ror.org/01scyh794","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9842412"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pan Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-2241","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9842412"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Jianfeng Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4055-7017"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9842412","display_name":"Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics","ror":"https://ror.org/01scyh794","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9842412"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jianfeng Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4055-7017","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9842412"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5123187966","display_name":"Mingyi You","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mingyi You","raw_affiliation_strings":["National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Space Security, No. 36 Research Institute of CETC, Jiaxing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3973-869X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Space Security, No. 36 Research Institute of CETC, Jiaxing, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031007757","display_name":"Jianghao Xiao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4099-5001"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210136246","display_name":"China Telecom (China)","ror":"https://ror.org/03jgnzt20","country_code":"CN","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210136246"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4387153335","display_name":"China Telecom","ror":"https://ror.org/05p67dv18","country_code":null,"type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4387153335"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jianghao Xiao","raw_affiliation_strings":["China Telecom Corporation Limited Jiangsu Branch, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"China Telecom Corporation Limited Jiangsu Branch, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210136246","https://openalex.org/I4387153335"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101738391","display_name":"Quan Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-5084"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I890469752","display_name":"Ministry of Industry and Information Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0385nmy68","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I890469752"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9842412","display_name":"Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics","ror":"https://ror.org/01scyh794","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9842412"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qihui Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Key Laboratory of Dynamic Cognitive System of Electromagnetic Spectrum Space, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-5084","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Dynamic Cognitive System of Electromagnetic Spectrum Space, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I890469752","https://openalex.org/I9842412"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.04790632,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"62","issue":null,"first_page":"8613","last_page":"8623"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10326","display_name":"Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies","score":0.8889999985694885,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10326","display_name":"Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies","score":0.8889999985694885,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12879","display_name":"Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms","score":0.0333000011742115,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10931","display_name":"Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Techniques","score":0.011699999682605267,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-deployment","display_name":"Software deployment","score":0.6603999733924866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/constraint","display_name":"Constraint (computer-aided design)","score":0.5978999733924866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/position","display_name":"Position (finance)","score":0.5259000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quadratic-programming","display_name":"Quadratic programming","score":0.5055000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/convex-optimization","display_name":"Convex optimization","score":0.4999000132083893},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.4821000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regular-polygon","display_name":"Regular polygon","score":0.4546000063419342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quadratic-equation","display_name":"Quadratic equation","score":0.4505999982357025}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105339364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297740","display_name":"Software deployment","level":2,"score":0.6603999733924866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776036281","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48769818","display_name":"Constraint (computer-aided design)","level":2,"score":0.5978999733924866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.5878000259399414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198082294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3399648","display_name":"Position (finance)","level":2,"score":0.5259000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.521399974822998},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81845259","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290117","display_name":"Quadratic programming","level":2,"score":0.5055000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157972887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463359","display_name":"Convex optimization","level":3,"score":0.4999000132083893},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4821000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112680207","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714886","display_name":"Regular polygon","level":2,"score":0.4546000063419342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129844170","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41299","display_name":"Quadratic equation","level":2,"score":0.4505999982357025},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111335779","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454686","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4465999901294708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777210771","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4927124","display_name":"Block (permutation group theory)","level":2,"score":0.41929998993873596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145446738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319913","display_name":"Convex function","level":3,"score":0.4090999960899353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.37209999561309814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147764199","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6865248","display_name":"Minification","level":2,"score":0.32850000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166437778","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50695","display_name":"Quadratic function","level":3,"score":0.31310001015663147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137836250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984063","display_name":"Optimization problem","level":2,"score":0.3077999949455261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.2867000102996826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.2833000123500824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24590314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336038","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","level":2,"score":0.28029999136924744},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176217482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860554","display_name":"Metric (unit)","level":2,"score":0.26649999618530273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66690126","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914302","display_name":"Concave function","level":3,"score":0.25949999690055847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148764684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621751","display_name":"Approximation algorithm","level":2,"score":0.2554999887943268}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/taes.2026.3654916","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2026.3654916","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S193624734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","issn_l":"0018-9251","issn":["0018-9251","1557-9603","2371-9877"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2114747514","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62371227","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3037500830","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62427801","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5671899719","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NP2025203","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335787","funder_display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7458337050","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62531019","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335787","display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,94],"sensor-target":[1,119],"geometry":[2,120],"has":[3],"a":[4,33,79,86,97],"significant":[5],"impact":[6],"on":[7,63],"localization":[8,19],"performance.":[9,123],"Existing":[10],"sensor":[11,43],"placement":[12],"strategies":[13],"for":[14,23,40,54,90],"three-dimensional":[15],"(3-D)":[16],"angle-of-arrival":[17],"(AOA)":[18],"have":[20],"not":[21],"accounted":[22],"general":[24,50],"convex":[25,51],"deployment":[26,52,81],"constraints.":[27],"This":[28],"paper":[29],"extends":[30],"and":[31,67],"improves":[32],"recently":[34],"proposed":[35,112],"block":[36],"majorization-minimization":[37],"(block-MM)":[38],"method":[39,95,113],"3-D":[41],"AOA":[42,55],"placement,":[44],"making":[45],"it":[46],"capable":[47],"of":[48,76],"handling":[49],"constraints":[53],"sensors.":[56],"Specifically,":[57],"we":[58],"formulate":[59],"the":[60,64,74,91,101,111],"problem":[61],"based":[62],"A-optimality":[65],"criterion,":[66],"each":[68],"sensor's":[69],"position":[70],"is":[71],"subject":[72],"to":[73],"constraint":[75,82],"lying":[77],"within":[78],"pre-defined":[80],"set.":[83],"We":[84],"derive":[85],"quadratic":[87],"surrogate":[88],"function":[89,103],"formulated":[92],"problem.":[93],"guarantees":[96],"successive":[98],"reduction":[99],"in":[100],"objective":[102],"value":[104],"until":[105],"convergence.":[106],"Simulation":[107],"results":[108],"demonstrate":[109],"that":[110,121],"can":[114],"effectively":[115],"find":[116],"an":[117],"appropriate":[118],"enhances":[122]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-22T07:51:19.307946","created_date":"2026-01-17T00:00:00"}