Title : 
Airborne MIMO radar clutter rank estimation
         
        
            Author : 
Sun, Ying ; He, Zishu ; Liu, Hongming ; Li, Jun
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Range sidelobes increase the clutter subspace so that clutter rank is significantly higher than the rank of an idealized orthogonal waveform set. A rigorous proof is provided. Simulation results verified the conclusion.
         
        
            Keywords : 
MIMO radar; airborne radar; estimation theory; radar clutter; waveform analysis; airborne MIMO radar clutter rank estimation; clutter subspace; orthogonal waveform set; Clutter; Covariance matrix; Equations; MIMO radar; Mathematical model; Receiving antennas; Vectors; Clutter rank; Clutter subspace; MIMO radar;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Radar (Radar), 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Chengdu
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8444-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159490