Beampattern analysis for MIMO radar and telecommunication system coexistence

Abstract

In this paper, we present a beampattern analysis of the MIMO radar coexistence algorithm proposed in [1]. We extend the previous work and analyze the performance of MIMO radars by projecting finite alphabet constant-envelope waveforms onto the null-space of interference channel matrix. First, we compare and analyze the Cramér-Rao bound (CRB) on angle direction estimation. Second, we compare and analyze beampatterns of the original radar waveform and the null-projected radar waveform. Analytical and simulation results show minimal degradation of a radar's angle estimation of a target and transmit-receive beampattern. We also propose methods to substantially improve angle estimation and beampatterns of a null projected radar waveform which will not only guarantee optimal performance of the radar but at the same time guarantee coexistence of the radar and communication systems.