J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 82-88.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2011.06.013

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Target localization method for the bistatic MIMO radar in the presence of mutual coupling of receiver and transmitter arrays

GUO Yiduo1;ZHANG Yongshun1;ZHANG Linrang2;TONG Ningning1   

  1. (1. Missile Institute, Air Force Eng. Univ., Sanyuan  713800, China;
    2. National Key Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2010-09-23 Online:2011-12-20 Published:2011-11-29
  • Contact: GUO Yiduo E-mail:guoyiduo111@126.com

Abstract:

By using the banded symmetric and Toeplitz matrix model for the mutual coupling of uniformly linear array(ULA), a subspace-based target localization and mutual coupling self-calibration method is proposed for the bistatic MIMO radar. The new algorithm can “decouple” the 2-dimensional (2-D) angles and mutual coupling parameters, and provide a similar estimated performance to 2-D MUSIC without the knowledge of the sensor mutual coupling matrix. At the same time, an accurate estimate of mutual coupling matrix based on the estimated 2-D angles can also be achieved simultaneously for self-calibration of the bistatic MIMO radar. The 2-D angles estimation and mutual coupling estimation can be completed just using one-dimensional search or polynomial rooting, with no high-dimensional nonlinear search and convergence burden involved, so the computatinal cost is low. The correction and efficiency of the proposed method are verified by computer simulation results.

Key words: array signal processing, MIMO radar, target localization, mutual coupling

CLC Number: 

  • TN957