Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis

A linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal and its corresponding de-chirp operation are one of the basic methods for wideband radar signal processing, which can reduce the burden of the radar system sampling rate and is more suitable for large-bandwidth signal processing. More importantly, most exis...

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Main Authors: Hao Zheng, Xiaoxia Zhang, Shubin Wang, Junkun Yan
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Xiaoxia Zhang
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description A linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal and its corresponding de-chirp operation are one of the basic methods for wideband radar signal processing, which can reduce the burden of the radar system sampling rate and is more suitable for large-bandwidth signal processing. More importantly, most existing methods against interrupted sampling repeater jamming (ISRJ) are based on time–frequency (TF) or frequency domain analysis of the de-chirped signal. However, the above anti-ISRJ methods cannot be directly applied to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar with multiple beams, because the angular waveform (AW) in mainlobe directions does not possess the TF properties of the LFM signal. Consequently, this work focuses on the co-optimization of transmit beampattern and AW similarity in wideband MIMO radar systems. Different from the existing works, which only concern the space–frequency pattern of the transmit waveform, we recast the transmit beampattern and AW expressions for wideband MIMO radar in a more compact form. Based on the compact expressions, a co-optimization model of the transmit beampattern and AWs is formulated where the similarity constraint is added to force the AW to share the TF properties of the LFM signal. An algorithm based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) framework is proposed to address the aforementioned problem. Numerical simulations show that the optimized waveform can form the desired transmit beampattern and its AWs have similar TF properties and de-chirp results to the LFM signal.
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spelling doaj-art-1745e806fd2445239ced5c722f07ef872025-08-20T03:50:20ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-06-011713212410.3390/rs17132124Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform SynthesisHao Zheng0Xiaoxia Zhang1Shubin Wang2Junkun Yan3College of Electronic Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010010, ChinaCollege of Electronic Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010010, ChinaCollege of Electronic Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010010, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaA linear frequency modulation (LFM) signal and its corresponding de-chirp operation are one of the basic methods for wideband radar signal processing, which can reduce the burden of the radar system sampling rate and is more suitable for large-bandwidth signal processing. More importantly, most existing methods against interrupted sampling repeater jamming (ISRJ) are based on time–frequency (TF) or frequency domain analysis of the de-chirped signal. However, the above anti-ISRJ methods cannot be directly applied to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar with multiple beams, because the angular waveform (AW) in mainlobe directions does not possess the TF properties of the LFM signal. Consequently, this work focuses on the co-optimization of transmit beampattern and AW similarity in wideband MIMO radar systems. Different from the existing works, which only concern the space–frequency pattern of the transmit waveform, we recast the transmit beampattern and AW expressions for wideband MIMO radar in a more compact form. Based on the compact expressions, a co-optimization model of the transmit beampattern and AWs is formulated where the similarity constraint is added to force the AW to share the TF properties of the LFM signal. An algorithm based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) framework is proposed to address the aforementioned problem. Numerical simulations show that the optimized waveform can form the desired transmit beampattern and its AWs have similar TF properties and de-chirp results to the LFM signal.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/13/2124wideband MIMO radartransmit beampatternangular waveformde-chirp operation
spellingShingle Hao Zheng
Xiaoxia Zhang
Shubin Wang
Junkun Yan
Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis
Remote Sensing
wideband MIMO radar
transmit beampattern
angular waveform
de-chirp operation
title Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis
title_full Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis
title_fullStr Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis
title_full_unstemmed Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis
title_short Constant Modulus Wideband MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Transmit Beampattern and Angular Waveform Synthesis
title_sort constant modulus wideband mimo radar waveform design for transmit beampattern and angular waveform synthesis
topic wideband MIMO radar
transmit beampattern
angular waveform
de-chirp operation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/13/2124
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