Study on Angle Estimation of Bistatic MIMO Radar Based on Transmit Power Focus

In order to solve the problem that the power is transmitted dispersedly in traditional bistatic MIMO radar, a method about the transmit power focus of the bistatic MIMO radar is proposed. Firstly, the mathematic model is constructed based on an effective optimal criterion that can not only constrain the maximum error of the optimal beam and the desire one less than the given value, but also minimize the peak side lobe power of the transmit pattern. At the same time, a special beam matrix of transmitting terminal is constructed, not only making equivalent transmit/receive steering vector possessing the character of rotational invariance property, but also simplifying the original optimized model in order to be fast solved via second-order cone programming theory. Secondly, the transmitting and receiving angle of space target is estimated by utilizing improved PARallel FACtor (PARFAC) algorithm. The initial iteration point in the least square algorithm of PARFAC interior is improved by integrating into rotation invariance of transmitting/receiving steering vector, which can effectively decrease the number of iteration. Furthermore, the Cramer-Rao Bound of multi-target angle estimation under bistatic MIMO radar transmitting power focusing is derived which prove the superiority of the proposed method. Finally, the simulation results show the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis.