This chapter has derived a simple maximum likelihood receiver for MIMO radar systems with unitary space-time codes and explicit transmitter beamforming. The transmitter codes are chosen to maximise the Fisher information associated with the MIMO model. An gradient projection algorithm has been proposed to solve this constrained optimisation problem.

Inspec keywords: radar receivers; MIMO radar; array signal processing; radar transmitters; space-time codes; maximum likelihood estimation; gradient methods; radar signal processing

Other keywords: Fisher information; optimal code design; maximum likelihood receiver; transmitter codes; unitary space-time codes; MIMO model; MIMO radar systems; explicit transmitter beamforming; gradient projection algorithm; constrained optimisation problem

Subjects: Optimisation techniques; Signal processing and detection; Codes; Radar equipment, systems and applications; Other topics in statistics