Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array

Abstract The height measurement algorithm of metre wave multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar based on uniform linear array (ULA) has some problems, such as a sharp decline of angle measurement accuracy of ultra‐low altitude targets and large fluctuation of height measurement with the change o...

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Main Authors: Hongzhen Wang, Guimei Zheng, Yuwei Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-IET 2022-06-01
Series:IET Signal Processing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12121
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Guimei Zheng
Yuwei Song
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Yuwei Song
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description Abstract The height measurement algorithm of metre wave multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar based on uniform linear array (ULA) has some problems, such as a sharp decline of angle measurement accuracy of ultra‐low altitude targets and large fluctuation of height measurement with the change of elevation. In order to solve the above difficult problems, starting from the perspective of reducing the influence of multipath effect by array structure, coprime array (CPA) is applied to the height measurement of monostatic metre wave MIMO radar. In this paper, the signal model of monostatic CPA metre wave MIMO radar is established under the condition of flat ground, a height measurement method using physical array is proposed based on the derivation that it is infeasible to use virtual array method for height measurement, it fills the gap of low elevation estimation method based on sparse array metre wave MIMO radar. The proposed method calculates the echo data according to the characteristics of the steering vector of CPA, then obtains the accurate low elevation by using the generalised multiple signal classification algorithm, and finally the target height is obtained by using the geometric relationship. Simulation experiments compare three typical CPAs with ULA using equal array elements, and verify the superiority of height measurement performance of monostatic metre wave MIMO radar based on CPA and the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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spelling doaj.art-be4ad83d0f5d42c682dd4c24bda71eca2023-12-03T06:12:52ZengHindawi-IETIET Signal Processing1751-96751751-96832022-06-0116447948910.1049/sil2.12121Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime arrayHongzhen Wang0Guimei Zheng1Yuwei Song2Air Force Engineering University Xi'an ChinaAir Force Engineering University Xi'an ChinaAir Force Engineering University Xi'an ChinaAbstract The height measurement algorithm of metre wave multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar based on uniform linear array (ULA) has some problems, such as a sharp decline of angle measurement accuracy of ultra‐low altitude targets and large fluctuation of height measurement with the change of elevation. In order to solve the above difficult problems, starting from the perspective of reducing the influence of multipath effect by array structure, coprime array (CPA) is applied to the height measurement of monostatic metre wave MIMO radar. In this paper, the signal model of monostatic CPA metre wave MIMO radar is established under the condition of flat ground, a height measurement method using physical array is proposed based on the derivation that it is infeasible to use virtual array method for height measurement, it fills the gap of low elevation estimation method based on sparse array metre wave MIMO radar. The proposed method calculates the echo data according to the characteristics of the steering vector of CPA, then obtains the accurate low elevation by using the generalised multiple signal classification algorithm, and finally the target height is obtained by using the geometric relationship. Simulation experiments compare three typical CPAs with ULA using equal array elements, and verify the superiority of height measurement performance of monostatic metre wave MIMO radar based on CPA and the effectiveness of the proposed method.https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12121coprime arraygeneralised MUSIC algorithmheight measurementlow elevation estimationmetre wave MIMO radar
spellingShingle Hongzhen Wang
Guimei Zheng
Yuwei Song
Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
IET Signal Processing
coprime array
generalised MUSIC algorithm
height measurement
low elevation estimation
metre wave MIMO radar
title Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
title_full Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
title_fullStr Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
title_full_unstemmed Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
title_short Height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
title_sort height measurement method of monostatic metre wave multiple input multiple output radar based on coprime array
topic coprime array
generalised MUSIC algorithm
height measurement
low elevation estimation
metre wave MIMO radar
url https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12121
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