MIMO FM-CW radar using beat signal averaging method

• Main Authors: Md Noor, Asiah Maryam, Ibrahim, Idnin Pasya, Abdul Rashid, Nur Emileen, Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78100/1/MIMO%20FM-CW%20radar%20using%20beat%20signal%20averaging%20method.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78100/

This paper proposes a MIMO FM-CW radar system using beat signal averaging method for maritime surveillance application. The system operates by transmitting multiple waveform signals and receiving multiple waveform signals, before averaging the beat signals at each receiver. A numerical simulation was conducted to validate the performance of the proposed method in terms of ranging error probability vs SNR. It is found that the radar shows high accuracy in range estimation even in low SNR values, compared to conventional FM-CW radar using single antenna system.