Spatial–Temporal Joint Design and Optimization of Phase-Coded Waveform for MIMO Radar

Autor: Wei Lei, Yue Zhang, Zengping Chen, Xiaolong Chen, Qiang Song
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing, Vol 16, Iss 14, p 2647 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs16142647
Popis: By simultaneously transmitting multiple different waveform signals, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar possesses higher degrees of freedom and potential in many aspects compared to a traditional phased-array radar. The spatial–temporal characteristics of waveforms are the key to determining their performance. In this paper, a transmitting waveform design method based on spatial–temporal joint (STJ) optimization for a MIMO radar is proposed, where waveforms are designed not only for beam-pattern matching (BPM) but also for minimizing the autocorrelation sidelobes (ACSLs) of the spatial synthesis signals (SSSs) in the directions of interest. Firstly, the STJ model is established, where the two-step strategy and least squares method are utilized for BPM, and the L2p-Norm of the ACSL is constructed as the criterion for temporal characteristics optimization. Secondly, by transforming it into an unconstrained optimization problem about the waveform phase and using the gradient descent (GD) algorithm, the hard, non-convex, high-dimensional, nonlinear optimization problem is solved efficiently. Finally, the method’s effectiveness is verified through numerical simulation. The results show that our method is suitable for both orthogonal and partial-correlation MIMO waveform designs and efficiently achieves better spatial–temporal characteristic performances simultaneously in comparison with existing methods.
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