Abstract:When the OFDM system uses the RootMUSIC algorithm to complete the joint TOA and DOA estimation, the required roots appeared in the form of conjugating symmetry which will be computational redundancy. Aiming at this problem, a RootMUSIC algorithm based on spectral factorization—SFRootMUSIC algorithm is proposed. Based on the structural characteristics of Laurent polynomials, the algorithm uses spectral decomposition to reduce the order for the root polynomial by a half, which reduces the computational complexity, completes independent delay and angle estimation, and constructs a cost function of parameter pairing, complete the joint estimation. The simulation results show that the SFRootMUSIC algorithm has similar estimation performance with the RootMUSIC algorithm, and its complexity is lower. When the number of array elements is 12,the number of subcarriers is 512 and the number of snapshots is 512, the complexity can be reduced by 6994%. The proposed algorithm can achieve the joint estimation of TOA and DOA with lower complexity while ensuring the accuracy, which verifies the proposed algorithm is more suitable for realtime computing.