Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 647-655.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2021.03.07

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Extended target high resolution imaging algorithm for MIMO radar based on block sparse matrix recovery

Tao PU1(), Ningning TONG1(), Weike FENG1(), Liang FANG2(), Xiaoyang GAO3()   

  1. 1. Air and Missile Defense College, Airforce Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, China
    2. Research Institute for Special Structures of Aeronautical Composites, Aivation Industry Corporation of China, Jinan 250031, China
    3. Unit 93046 of the PLA, Qingdao 266111, China
  • Received:2020-06-26 Online:2021-03-01 Published:2021-03-16

Abstract:

In order to solve the problems of high computational complexity and low imaging quality for extended targets in existing multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar sparse recovery imaging algorithms, a high resolution imaging algorithm for MIMO radar extended targets based on block sparse matrix recovery is proposed. By introducing the block sparse feature of target, the imaging quality of spatial extended target is improved. Firstly, by constructing the range and azimuth sensing matrices, the block sparse matrix restoration model of target scattering coefficient estimation is established. Then, the block sparse features of the target are extracted by sequential order one negative exponential (SOONE) function. Finally, the gradient projection algorithm is used to solve the norm optimization problem of block sparse matrix, and the high-quality image of the target is obtained under the condition of under sampling. Compared with the traditional imaging algorithms, the proposed algorithm can achieve high-resolution imaging of extended targets while reducing the amount of data sampling, and has higher accuracy, robustness and lower computational complexity. Simulation experiments verify the effectiveness of the proposed imaging algorithm.

Key words: multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar, high resolution imaging, sparse matrix recovery, block sparse

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