Multistatic waveform design for seeing through the wall

We present the matched illumination based waveform design for improved detection of targets behind walls and in enclosed structures using a multistatic radar system. The generalization of the matched illumination waveform design concept for through-the-wall multistatic operation bridges the problem to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) operation and puts in context the offering of MIMO to urban sensing and imaging of targets in enclosed structures.