Distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radars achieve long-range detection by steering and focusing the narrow beams of all transmit and receive antennas on a single point. This article proposes a beam scheduling scheme based on the joint optimization of three components: arrangement of focal points, beam dwell time allocation of each focal point, and scanning order of focal points. The purpose is to enable distributed MIMO radars to provide early warning of incursions entering a broad surveillance region. To this end, a mathematical model is first developed to evaluate radar detection capability in a cell under test (CUT) over a scheduling period. By integrating all the CUTs within the region, the detection time required to reach a specified performance in terms of cumulative detection probability is then derived. On this basis, a beam scheduling strategy is devised, considering the maximum speed and minimum average radar cross-section constraints of targets to be detected. The main mechanism of the strategy is to minimize the detection time without sacrificing performance. To address the optimization problem of beam scheduling, we propose a two-stage method using a detection capability threshold as an extra optimization variable. In our method, the first stage is used to obtain optimal schemes for different given thresholds, and in the next stage, the optimal threshold is determined from these schemes. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is effective.


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    Title :

    Beam Scheduling for Early Warning With Distributed MIMO Radars


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    Publication date :

    2023-10-01


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    3045445 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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