Title
Transmit beampattern synthesis for MIMO radar with one-bit digital-to-analog converters
Abstract
AbstractHighlights •A new transmit beampattern design algorithm for MIMO radar equipped with one-bit DACs at the transmitter is proposed.•The resulting optimization problem with a quadratic fractional function and discrete constraint is reformulated to a simpler one that has a linear fraction function and continuous constraints.•An iterative algorithm under the ADMM framework is developed and in each iteration the subproblmes are approximately solved with analytical solutions. AbstractThis paper considers the problem of transmit beampattern synthesis (i.e., transmit beamforming) in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar which deploys one-bit digital-to-analog converts (DACs). By appropriately designing the transmitted signal waveforms quantized by one-bit DACs, the majority of radiated energy can be focused into the mainlobe(s) region to enhance the intensity of backscattered signals from targets. Meanwhile, the amount of energy inevitably leaked into the sidelobe region is minimized to suppress the interferences. More specifically, the essence of the proposed design can be regarded as optimizing the one-bit signal waveforms such that the synthesized transmit beampattern has a minimum integrated-sidelobe-to-mainlobe ratio (ISMR). In order to tackle the nonconvex discrete constraint in the resulting optimization problem, we propose to introduce auxiliary variables to reformulate the discrete constraint into continuous constraints. On this basis, the alternating direction multiplier method (ADMM) framework is applied to deal with the reformulated problem. The proposed method can approximately solve the sub-problems with closed-form solutions in each iteration, and hence, it is computationally efficient. Simulation results indicate that the proposed method is able to provide promising performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.sigpro.2021.108228
Periodicals
Keywords
DocType
Volume
MIMO Radar, Beampattern synthesis, One-bit quantization, Waveform design
Journal
188
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
C
0165-1684
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tong Wei101.35
Ziyang Cheng2112.17
Bin Liao319632.33