This letter investigates the joint estimation of the direction of departure (DOD) and direction of arrival (DOA) for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar systems. A novel estimation method based on non-uniform array ...
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This letter investigates the joint estimation of the direction of departure (DOD) and direction of arrival (DOA) for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar systems. A novel estimation method based on non-uniform array configuration is proposed and the practical identifiability of the corresponding parameter is analyzed. The key idea is to use the Doppler diversity to construct a virtual MIMO array. Through the theoretical proof, we demonstrate that the proposed method can provide much stronger parameter identifiability than the conventional ones, and also can improve the parameter estimation performance. Numerical simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
In this study, the authors derive an explicit expression for Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) on direction parameters with the antenna locations of a single point target in the far-field scenario for multiple-input multi...
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In this study, the authors derive an explicit expression for Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) on direction parameters with the antenna locations of a single point target in the far-field scenario for multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar, firstly. Since there are two unknown nuisance parameters (target radar cross section and interference-plus-noise strength), the authors use the concentrated CRLB to simplify the analytical computation. Then, the authors derive two sets of necessary and sufficient geometrical constraints for direction estimation with both bistatic and monostatic MIMO radars. Then, the authors consider the bounds on the asymptotic normalised mean-square angular error (ANMSAE), which are useful measures in three-dimensional bearing estimation problems. The authors derive the expressions for ANMSAE in both bistatic and monostatic MIMO radars, and discuss them in terms of the antenna locations. The authors then show that the uncoupled geometrical conditions are also sufficient to ensure that ANMSAE is independent of azimuth. Finally, the authors extend those conditions to obtain two sets of geometry constraints for bistatic and monostatic MIMO radars, respectively, such as some kinds of symmetry on the geometry, that ensure the optimal performance is isotropic, that is, the ANMSAE bounds are independent of all direction parameters. In numerical examples section, the authors give several representative antenna geometries to illustrate the derived antenna geometry strategy.
multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar is a novel radar system which can achieve more individual observation echoes than the number of the actual antennas by transmitting orthogonal waveforms. At present, pattern...
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multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar is a novel radar system which can achieve more individual observation echoes than the number of the actual antennas by transmitting orthogonal waveforms. At present, pattern theory is usually utilised to evaluate the azimuth imaging indicator of the MIMO imaging radar system. Although it cannot describe the two-dimensional performance, it is quite effective to analyse the azimuth resolution of far-field targets. However, the pattern based on the far-field condition becomes invalid for targets in the near-field area, thus it cannot explain the appearance of near-field azimuth grating lobes. In this article, spatial spectrums and generalised ambiguity functions (GAFs) of near-field targets are calculated. By describing the near-field GAF (NGAF) approximately, the relationship between the distortions of NGAF and the spatial spectrum is studied qualitatively, which can explain the appearance of azimuth near-field grating lobes. In addition, the calibration method of amplitude and phase errors by an isolated corner reflector is presented in this article. Finally, a simulation and an experiment are carried out to verify the conclusions.
Combining multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar and inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) techniques can reduce the number of antennas used and shorten the radar integrated time compared with the single-channe...
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Combining multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar and inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) techniques can reduce the number of antennas used and shorten the radar integrated time compared with the single-channel ISAR for the same cross-range resolution. In existing MIMO-ISAR processing, the echoes of different sensors are rearranged into an equivalent single-channel ISAR signal. A new method without echo rearrangement is proposed for two-dimensional (2-D) MIMO-ISAR imaging. A 2-D frequency estimation algorithm based on Unitary ESPRIT and projection transformation is used to obtain the spatial and Doppler frequencies of scatterers, and a high cross-range resolution can be achieved. The relationship between the two frequencies is exploited to resolve the ambiguity of spatial frequency. The analysis and simulation results show that, compared with the existing method, the proposed method can decrease the relative rotation angle (or integrated time) required for imaging. Thus, this method is more suitable for imaging targets with limited rotation or high maneuvering. (C) 2015 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar is a new radar system which utilizes multiple antennas at both the transmitting side and the receiving side. In order to suppress the spread-Doppler sea clutter and eliminat...
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multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar is a new radar system which utilizes multiple antennas at both the transmitting side and the receiving side. In order to suppress the spread-Doppler sea clutter and eliminate the multipath and multimode clutter when detecting slow-moving ships, some OTHR researchers began to propose that applying the technology of MIMO radar to the next generation of sky-wave OTHR. It reaches this by MIMO beamforming which can be formed on both transmit with non-causal adaptive beamforming and receive and uses this transmit and receive 2D selectivity as the basis of a strategy for minimizing spread-Doppler sea clutter and the multipath and multimode clutter. Uniform linear arrays (ULA) can only use one-dimension in azimuth which is the main array in current generation OTHR systems. This paper considers introducing uniform circular arrays (UCA) in OTHR and we apply MIMO adaptive non-causal beamforming to UCA to achieve elevation filtering capability. Theoretical analysis and simulation results have been presented.
This paper introduces a resource management approach for distributed multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar systems equipped with phased array antennas. The approach focuses and adjusts narrow beams from all tran...
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This paper introduces a resource management approach for distributed multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar systems equipped with phased array antennas. The approach focuses and adjusts narrow beams from all transmit and receive nodes to generate a regularly shaped observation area for reliable detection. Based on this, a structured early warning framework can be built by evenly arranging sufficient observation areas to cover the surveillance region and periodically scanning these areas for continuous monitoring. Observation area generation, a core technique for this framework, involves the joint optimization of beamforming weights for both transmit and receive nodes, as well as the beam dwell time. Our optimization strategy is designed to achieve two key objectives: minimizing beam dwell time to ensure rapid alerts for defense systems, and minimizing node transmit power to extend operational time while reducing the risk of intercept. To address the problem of observation area generation, we propose a two-stage method. The first stage uses the signal-to-clutter-plus-noise ratio (SCNR) as a new criterion to determine the transmit and receive beamforming weights. The second stage employs a power factor as an additional variable to scale the transmit beamforming weights under various beam dwell times, constructing a Pareto solution set for the problem. Numerical simulations validate the effectiveness of our method, demonstrating improved detection capabilities compared to monostatic phased array radar systems.
We investigate into the problem of joint direction-of-departure (DOD) and direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation in a multiple-input multiple-output radar, and a novel covariance tensor-based quadrilinear decomposition...
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We investigate into the problem of joint direction-of-departure (DOD) and direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation in a multiple-input multiple-output radar, and a novel covariance tensor-based quadrilinear decomposition algorithm is derived in this paper. By taking into account the multidimensional structure of the matched array data, a fourth-order covariance tensor is formulated, which links the problem of joint DOD and DOA estimation to a quadrilinear decomposition model. A quadrilinear alternating least squares (QALSs) technique is applied to estimate the loading matrices, and thereafter automatically paired DODs and DOAs are obtained via the LSs fitting strategy. The proposed QALS algorithm can be regarded as an alternative to the direct parallel factor (PARAFAC) algorithm, which is more flexible than the latter since it can be easily expanded to scenario with spatially colored noise. Moreover, the proposed algorithm has much lower computational complexity than PARAFAC, especially in the presence of large snapshot. Numerical simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
In this paper, we focus on the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for a colocated multiple-input multiple-output radar with imperfect waveforms, and a parallel factor (PARAFAC)-based algorithm is propose...
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In this paper, we focus on the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for a colocated multiple-input multiple-output radar with imperfect waveforms, and a parallel factor (PARAFAC)-based algorithm is proposed. First, the spatial cross-correlation technique is adopted to eliminate the spatially colored noise caused by the nonorthogonal waveforms. To utilize the inherent tensor structure of the array data, the covariance matrix is rearranged into a fourth-order PARAFAC decomposition model. Thereafter, a quadrilinear decomposition algorithm is developed, which obtain the direction matrices via alternating least squares strategy. Finally, the DOAs are achieved through solving a least squares fitting problem. The proposed scheme does not require the prior knowledge of the waveform correlation matrix, and it is computationally more efficient than the state-of-the-art matrix completion (MC) approach. Furthermore, the proposed method may offer more accurate DOA estimation performance than the MC approach. The numerical experiments are provided to show the improvement of our algorithm.
In this paper, the issue of joint angle estimation for bistatic multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar is investigated, and an algorithm for the joint estimation under real-valued computation is proposed. By util...
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In this paper, the issue of joint angle estimation for bistatic multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar is investigated, and an algorithm for the joint estimation under real-valued computation is proposed. By utilizing the unitary transformation, the direction matrices and the data matrix are transformed to be real-valued ones. The direction of departure (DOD) can be estimated via the real-valued rotational invariance in the subspace, and the direction of arrival (DOA) can be obtained via the real-valued reduced-dimension function of multiple signal classification (MUSIC). The proposed algorithm utilizes both the signal and noise subspaces, requires no peak searching, and can achieve automatically paired estimations of the angles. Furthermore, it has better angle estimation performance than some existing methods. The simulation results verify the algorithmic effectiveness and robustness of the proposed algorithm.
Target detection problem in a multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar which includes non-cooperative illuminators of opportunity (IOs) and spatially distributed receivers is discussed. The receivers utilize only o...
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Target detection problem in a multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) radar which includes non-cooperative illuminators of opportunity (IOs) and spatially distributed receivers is discussed. The receivers utilize only one processing channel and discard the difficulties in providing an ideal version of the transmitted waveforms. The signal model, in addition to the receiver noise and the possible echo from the target of interest, considers the direct-path and clutter/multi-path interferences (DPI and MPI). A Rao test and an approximated GLR test detectors are proposed to solve the problem and an innovative recursive algorithm is proposed to simultaneously estimate the nuisance parameters in the test. Then, by regarding some matrix properties in the proposed Rao detector expression, a low complexity version of the Rao detector is proposed. Besides, two detectors based on Rao and GLR principles in the case of active MIMO radar are introduced as the performance upper-bounds for the proposed detectors. The convergence and suitable performance of the proposed detectors are verified by numerical simulations.
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