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A novel mixing matrix estimation algorithm is proposed by detecting single source points (SSPs) where only one source contributes its power. Firstly, the proposed algorithm distinguishes the SSPs by the comparison of the normalized coefficients of time frequency (TF) points, which is more effective than existing detection algorithms. Then, mixing matrix of FH signals can be estimated by the hierarchical clustering method. To sort synchronous orthogonal FH signals, a modified subspace projection method is presented to obtain the DOAs of FH. One superiority of this paper is that the estimation accuracy of the mixing matrix can be significantly improved by the proposed SSPs detection criteria. Another superiority of this paper is that synchronous orthogonal FH signals can be sorted in underdetermined condition. The experimental results demonstrate the efficiency of the two proposed algorithms.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17092074","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,11]],"date-time":"2017-09-11T10:28:46Z","timestamp":1505125726000},"page":"2074","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Underdetermined Blind Source Separation of Synchronous Orthogonal Frequency Hopping Signals Based on Single Source Points Detection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Chaozhu","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China"}]},{"given":"Fulong","family":"Jing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1318","DOI":"10.1109\/26.864169","article-title":"Mobile frequency-hopping cdma systems","volume":"48","author":"Torrieri","year":"2000","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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