Abstract
The frequency diverse array (FDA) radar beampattern is a function of angle, time and range. Therefore, it has more potential applications in target localization. The transmit antenna elements weight design for illumination of a target present in a particular direction and range at a particular instance of time is important for target detection with large probability. In non-uniform weighted FDA radar, a desired transmit beampattern is achieved by using non-uniform weights at the transmit antenna elements using the IFFT algorithm. The IFFT algorithm provides a closed-form solution for transmitting antenna weights. The designed transmit beampattern has a large dwell time and has the potential to illuminate any desired angular region. In this work, a signal model is derived for non-uniform weighting and angle estimation is performed using the minimum-power-distortionless response beamformer at the receiver. The Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for the FDA radar has been derived. We compared the mean-square-error performance of angle estimation with existing approaches and CRLB.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2023 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech) |
| Publisher | IEEE |
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| State | Published - Jul 4 2023 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2023-07-10Acknowledgements: The author would like to acknowledge the support of this work by National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) under project no. NUST-22-41-43.