Topology optimization of monostatic radar networks with wide-beam antennas

In this paper, the algorithm for topology optimization of monostatic radar networks is presented. Possibility to include antenna pattern of each particular radar makes this algorithm novel. In this algorithm, the Fisher information matrix is used as the figure of merit of the target localization accuracy. Antenna pattern of each single radar is included through exploitation of the dependence of the variance of the target range estimation upon its elevation and azimuth. Numerical results show that areas of the target's high localization accuracy are mainly determined by the radars' antenna patterns, which proves importance of antenna patterns consideration by optimizing radar network topology.

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