A New Target Localization Method for Monostatic MIMO Radar Based on PARAFAC Model

Abstract

MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) radar has drawn considerable attention due to its advantages that conventional radar doesn't have. Monostatic MIMO radar has the anti-jamming and anti-stealth capacity, and can also improve the reliability and localization accuracy of detecting targets. In this paper, we propose a monostatic MIMO radar target localization method based on parallel factor (PARAFAC) model. The proposed method does not impose constraints on the signals, and can optimize the feature of the monostatic MIMO radar. Comparing with the classical radar-imaging-based methods, the proposed method has much better performance in the case of low SNR, less snapshots and more targets.