Signal model and detection performance for MIMO-OTH radar with multipath ionospheric propagation and non-point targets

Taking into account the existence of multipath ionospheric propagation (MIP), this paper develops the received signal model for a non-point target for multiple-input multiple-output skywave over-the-horizon (MIMO-OTH) radar for the first time. The model describes the ionospheric state, the number of propagation paths between a radar antenna and the target center, as well as the statistics of the reflection coefficients. It is shown that varying system parameters, such as antenna positions and signal frequencies, can result in causing the model to change from a case with highly correlated reflection coefficients to a case with virtually uncorrelated reflection coefficients. The proposed model is used to solve a target detection problem. It is shown that it is possible to exploit the MIP to improve the detection performance of the MIMO-OTH radar.

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