J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 671-675.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2010.04.016

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Target altitude measurement of bistatic MIMO radar using the virtual elements technique

JIN Ming;LI Jun;LIAO Gui-sheng;LI Wei-ping   

  1. (Key Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2009-06-01 Revised:2009-10-21 Online:2010-08-20 Published:2010-10-11
  • Contact: JIN Ming E-mail:mingjin141@gmail.com

Abstract:

A target altitude measurement method using the virtual elements technique of bistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radars is proposed. The method carries out altitude measurement by estimating the angles of targets with respect to the transmitting and receiving arrays. Different from the conventional altitude measurement method of bistatic radars, the proposed method requires neither time synchronization nor communication between transmitting and receiving ends. Hence, the proposal simplifies the configuration of the system. In addition, the angles can be paired automatically when multiple targets exist, and then target ghosts are avoided. Finally, computer simulations validate the proposed method.

Key words: multiple-input multiple-output radar, bistatic radar, altitude measurement, virtual elements technique