Target Localization Accuracy Gain in MIMO Radar-Based Systems

DOI10.1109/TIT.2010.2046246zbMATH Open1366.94142arXiv0809.4058OpenAlexW2152079373MaRDI QIDQ5281452FDOQ5281452

Authors: Hana Godrich, Alexander Haimovich, Rick S. Blum 

Publication date: 27 July 2017

Published in: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of target localization accuracy, attainable by the use of MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) radar systems, configured with multiple transmit and receive sensors, widely distributed over a given area. The Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for target localization accuracy is developed for both coherent and non-coherent processing. Coherent processing requires a common phase reference for all transmit and receive sensors. The CRLB is shown to be inversely proportional to the signal effective bandwidth in the non-coherent case, but is approximately inversely proportional to the carrier frequency in the coherent case. We further prove that optimization over the sensors' positions lowers the CRLB by a factor equal to the product of the number of transmitting and receiving sensors. The best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE) is derived for the MIMO target localization problem. The BLUE's utility is in providing a closed form localization estimate that facilitates the analysis of the relations between sensors locations, target location, and localization accuracy. Geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) contours are used to map the relative performance accuracy for a given layout of radars over a given geographic area.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4058

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inference from stochastic processes and prediction (62M20) Detection theory in information and communication theory (94A13) Channel models (including quantum) in information and communication theory (94A40)

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