Noncausal adaptive spatial clutter mitigation in monostatic MIMO radar: fundamental limitations
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2010
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Abramovich, Y.I.
Frazer, G.J.
Johnson, B.A.
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IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2010; 4(1):40-54
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The problem of a point target detection masked by clutter distributed over range and Doppler, including the range and Doppler of the target, is considered for a multimode propagation scenario commonly encountered in quasimonostatic HF over-the-horizon radars (OTHR). Here, a clutter signal spread in Doppler frequency due to propagation via a disturbed ionospheric layer competes with a target and narrowband clutter returns propagating via a stable ionospheric layer with the same group delay (radar range). Mitigation over all ranges of spread clutter propagating via a "mixed mode" path with indistinguishable direction- of-arrival (DoA) relative to the target requires (potentially adaptive) transmit beamforming to exploit the direction-of-departure (DoD) difference, which varies as a function of radar range. This range-dependent beamforming can be implemented only via the use of multiple-input multiple-output radar technology. In this paper, we explore the fundamental limitations that exist for the maximal dimension of the area in range-Doppler space occupied by spread clutter and the required properties (cardinality) of the orthogonal waveform set for efficient spread clutter mitigation.
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