Moving target localization with multistatic radar systems

In this paper we describe a method of processing data from a chosen area as surveyed by a multistatic system for the localization of a target. For this purpose data were acquired using the UCL netted radar and processed with two different incoherent approaches for localizing the target on a grid. The first is a centralized scheme and the second decentralized. Results are compared with two coherent approaches that for detection and coverage have been shown to provide the limits on the achievable performance. Numerical minimization of specific functions has to be applied when the estimated target location is used in a tracking algorithm, so we also report an easy and immediate method to localize one (or more) target which expands the domain of application.