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In this paper, we consider multiple-measurement sparse Bayesian learning (MM-SBL), which reconstructs sparse solutions in a linear system using Bayesian frameworks, to detect the common frequency components received by each sensor. In addition, the direction of arrival estimation was performed on each detected common frequency component using the MM-SBL based on beamforming. The azimuth for each common frequency component was confirmed in the frequency-azimuth plot, through which we identified the target. In addition, we perform target tracking using the target detection results along time, which are derived from the sum of the signal spectrum at the azimuth angle. 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