DOA and DOD Estimation Based on Double 1-D Root-MVDR Estimators for Bistatic MIMO Radars

This paper deals with direction of arrival (DOA) and direction of departure (DOD) estimation of existing targets based on polynomial root finding estimators with minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) criterion in bistatic multi-input multi-output radar systems. First, the presented estimator transforms the conventional two-dimensional searching approach into double one-dimensional polynomial root-MVDR approach for DOA and DOD estimation. Thus, the pairing operation can be obtained automatically. Second, to mitigate the influence of noise corruption and the estimate radial bias, we also presented a differential polynomial root-MVDR estimator to obtain more accuracy estimation performance. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the efficiency of the proposed estimators.