Multistatic ambiguity function — A tool for waveform selection in distributed radar systems

Summary form only given. The desire to anticipate, find, fix, track, target, engage, and assess, anything, anytime, anywhere (A2F2TE4A) by the US Air Force will require changes to how we modify, build, and deploy monostatic and multistatic radar systems. The multistatic ambiguity function has been proposed as a tool for analyzing and designing multistatic radar systems. It was demonstrated through examples that multistatic radar system performances can be improved by shaping the multistatic ambiguity function through waveform selection, sensor positioning and adequate weighting of different receivers during pre-detection fusion. In this work we provide simulation results that illustrate how significant improvements in radar system performances can be achieved.