Joint adaptive waveform and baseline range design for bistatic radar

Abstract

The problems of joint adaptive waveform design and baseline range design for bistatic radar to maximize the practical radar resolution were considered. Distinguishing from the conventional ambiguity function (AF)-based resolution which is only related with the transmitted waveform and bistatic geometry and could be regarded as the potential resolution of a bistatic radar system, the practical resolution involves the effect of waveform, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as well as the measurement model. Thus, it is more practical and will have further significant application in target detection and tracking. The constraint optimization procedure of joint adaptive waveform design and baseline range design for maximizing the practical resolution of bistatic radar system under dynamic target scenario was devised. Simulation results show that the range and velocity resolution are enhanced according to the adaptive waveform and bistatic radar configuration.

Keywords

ambiguity function (AF) / adaptive waveform design / bistatic radar / baseline range design / resolution

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