Kleinsteuber, MSeghouane, Abd-Krim2015-12-101053-587Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/50463The Cramé-Rao bound (CRB) plays an important role in direction of arrival (DOA) estimation because it is always used as a benchmark for comparison of the different proposed estimation algorithms. In this correspondence, using well-known techniques of gloKeywords: Computational geometry; Cramer-Rao bounds; Maximum likelihood estimation; Sensor arrays; Differential geometry; Global analysis; Direction of arrival Cramér-Rao bound (CRB); Differential geometry; Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation; Maximum likelihood200810.1109/TSP.2007.9078322015-12-09