Efficient Spotlight SAR MIMO Linear Collection Configurations

Author

Correll, Bill, Jr.

Author_Institution

Dynamics Adv. Inf. Syst., Ypsilanti, MI, USA

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

2010

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

39

Abstract

We describe how a family of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) platforms flying linearly and transmitting mutually orthogonal waveforms at a common pulse repetition frequency (PRF) constitute a multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) radar system that reduces time spent collecting a SAR image and quantify the efficiency of such sensor configurations. We give efficient collection configurations for up to 15 platforms as well as asymptotically optimally efficient sequences of configurations.

Keywords

MIMO radar; airborne radar; image sequences; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; SAR image; linear collection configurations; multiple-input multiple output radar system; orthogonal waveforms; pulse repetition frequency; spotlight SAR MIMO; Frequency; Image sensors; Layout; MIMO; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Sensor systems; Synthetic aperture radar; Cantor set; cooperative tracking; multiple-input multiple output (MIMO); persistent surveillance; synthetic aperture radar (SAR);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4553

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTSP.2009.2038960

Filename

5393301