Title :
Comparing the Cramer-Rao bounds for distributed radar with and without previous detection information
Author :
Jianbin Hu ; Qian He ; Blum, Rick S.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
In this paper, two different Cramer-Rao bounds are compared for joint target position and velocity estimation for either active or passive radar. The first bound considers the case where the target has been previously detected in a given range cell, so that propagation loss can be estimated. The second bound does not assume the target can be localized to a given range cell. The comparisons are carried out for Gaussian pulse signals, receive and transmit antennas placed on a circle, and various target locations.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; MIMO radar; antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave propagation; parameter estimation; radar antennas; receiving antennas; statistical analysis; transmitting antennas; Cramer-Rao bounds; Gaussian pulse signals; MIMO radar; active radar; distributed networked radar; joint target position estimation; joint target velocity estimation; passive radar; propagation loss estimation; receive antennas; transmit antennas; Covariance matrices; Estimation; MIMO radar; Numerical models; Propagation losses; Receivers; Distributed networked radar; MIMO radar; generalized Cramer-Rao lower bound; parameter estimation; propagation loss;
Conference_Titel :
Signal and Information Processing (ChinaSIP), 2015 IEEE China Summit and International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
DOI :
10.1109/ChinaSIP.2015.7230419