Polynomial root finding technique for joint DOA DOD estimation in bistatic MIMO radar

In this paper, we propose a new technique to transform the 2-D direction finding in the bistatic MIMO radar into a double 1-D direction finding procedure. Firstly, a search based 2-D MUSIC method to estimate the joint DOA (direction of arrival) and DOD (direction of departure) in multi-target situation is presented. Then, we propose an algorithm based on double polynomial root finding procedure to estimate the DOA and DOD. The proposed method allows an efficient estimation of the target DOA and DOD with automatic pairing. The simulation results of the proposed algorithm are presented and the performances are investigated and discussed. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.