Closed-Form Model for Performance Analysis of THz Joint Radar-Communication Systems

Abstract

As an enabler technology in future network, terahertz (THz) joint radar-communication (T-JRC) has been envisioned as a solution to overcome the challenges in THz communications. Recent works on JRC mainly emphasize either performance tradeoffs or mutual benefits between radar and communication functionalities. Unable to characterize both benefit and tradeoff relationships, existing metrics and models are inapplicable to performance analysis on T-JRC systems. In this paper, a closed-form T-JRC performance model are proposed to explore the relationship between radar and communication metrics. To begin with, a novel T-JRC system model concerning random mobility and THz beam tracking is put forward. Next, the performance bounds of T-JRC performance in terms of communication rate and a proposed radar rate are acquired in three different integration cases. Furthermore, the expression of communication rate by radar rate in T-JRC is obtained theoretically, which is the first time to derive the closed-form relationship considering both benefits and tradeoffs to the best of our knowledge. Finally, numerical results validate the proposed model as well as closed-form expression, showing that the model succeeds in benefit and tradeoff relationship characterization in T-JRC systems and the fitting bounds are applicable in non-extreme scenarios.