Transmit Beampattern Synthesis for MIMO Radar with One-Bit DACs

Abstract

In this paper, the problem of transmit beampattern synthesis (i.e., transmit beamforming) in multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar which deploys one-bit digital-to-analog converts (DACs) is investigated. We aim to design appropriate transmit signal sequences, which are quantized by one-bit DACs, such that the amount of transmit energy can be focused into mainlobe region as much as possible, meanwhile, the leakage power of sidelobe region is minimized. It is shown that these requirements can be simultaneously fulfilled by minimizing the integrated sidelobe to mainlobe ratio (ISMR) of transmit beampattern with discrete binary constraints. According to this concept, we utilize the alternating direction multiplier method (ADMM) framework to solve the resulting nonconvex problem. Simulation results will demonstrate the effectiveness and improved performance of the proposed method.