Performance of MIMO radar systems: advantages of angular diversity

@inproceedings{citeulike:2397692, abstract = {Inspired by recent advances in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, this paper introduces the statistical MIMO radar concept. The fundamental difference between statistical MIMO and other radar array systems is that the latter seek to maximize the coherent processing gain, while statistical MIMO radar capitalizes on the diversity of target scattering to improve radar performance. Coherent processing is made possible by highly correlated signals at the receiver array, whereas in statistical MIMO radar, the signals received by the array elements are uncorrelated. It is well known that in conventional radar, slow fluctuations of the target radar cross-section (RCS) result in target fades that degrade radar performance. By spacing the antenna elements at the transmitter and at the receiver such that the target angular spread is manifested, the MIMO radar can exploit the spatial diversity of target scatterers opening the way to a variety of new techniques that can improve radar performance. In this paper, we focus on the application of the target spatial diversity to improve detection performance. The optimal detector in the Neyman-Pearson sense is developed and analyzed for the statistical MIMO radar. An optimal detector invariant to the signal and noise levels is also developed and analyzed. In this case as well, statistical MIMO radar provides great improvements over other types of array radars.}, author = {Fishler, E. and Haimovich, A. and Blum, R. and Cimini, R. and Chizhik, D. and Valenzuela, R. }, booktitle = {Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004. Conference Record of the Thirty-Eighth Asilomar Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {2397692}, doi = {10.1109/ACSSC.2004.1399142}, journal = {Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004. Conference Record of the Thirty-Eighth Asilomar Conference on}, keywords = {mimo, radar}, pages = {305--309 Vol.1}, posted-at = {2008-02-19 08:19:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Performance of MIMO radar systems: advantages of angular diversity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2004.1399142}, volume = {1}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2397692 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2397692 TI - Performance of MIMO radar systems: advantages of angular diversity T2 - Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004. Conference Record of the Thirty-Eighth Asilomar Conference on JF - Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004. Conference Record of the Thirty-Eighth Asilomar Conference on VL - 1 SP - 305 EP - 309 Vol.1 N2 - Inspired by recent advances in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, this paper introduces the statistical MIMO radar concept. The fundamental difference between statistical MIMO and other radar array systems is that the latter seek to maximize the coherent processing gain, while statistical MIMO radar capitalizes on the diversity of target scattering to improve radar performance. Coherent processing is made possible by highly correlated signals at the receiver array, whereas in statistical MIMO radar, the signals received by the array elements are uncorrelated. It is well known that in conventional radar, slow fluctuations of the target radar cross-section (RCS) result in target fades that degrade radar performance. By spacing the antenna elements at the transmitter and at the receiver such that the target angular spread is manifested, the MIMO radar can exploit the spatial diversity of target scatterers opening the way to a variety of new techniques that can improve radar performance. In this paper, we focus on the application of the target spatial diversity to improve detection performance. The optimal detector in the Neyman-Pearson sense is developed and analyzed for the statistical MIMO radar. An optimal detector invariant to the signal and noise levels is also developed and analyzed. In this case as well, statistical MIMO radar provides great improvements over other types of array radars. KW - mimo KW - radar AU - Fishler, E AU - Haimovich, A AU - Blum, R AU - Cimini, R AU - Chizhik, D AU - Valenzuela, R PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2004.1399142 ER -