Frequency Diverse Array Radar Signal Processing

Frequency diverse array (FDA) radar is a hot topic among the scientific and industrial communities in the fields of radar and signal processing, due to the advent of new and advanced active array architectures with multiple transmit and receive channels, high-speed and off-the-shelf processors, arbitrary digital waveform generators, and solid-state transmitters.

This book provides an overview of FDA radar signal processing algorithms and covers some of the most challenging application fields, including adaptive target detection and multi-dimensional parameter estimation, mainlobe deceptive jammer suppression, range-ambiguous clutter suppression, robust design against spectrum congestion and target steering vector mismatch, high-resolution and wide-swath imaging (HRWS) synthetic aperture radar (SAR), etc., exploiting array architectures such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configuration. Innovative and sophisticated tools from optimization theory such as gradient projection, coordinate descent, semidefinite relaxation, fractional programming, Dinkelbach's procedure, maximum block improvement (MBI), iterative approximation, and majorization-minimization are framed in the context of FDA signal processing.

The book balances a practical point of view with a rigorous mathematical approach corroborated by a wealth of numerical case studies. Additionally, the book has a cross-disciplinary approach because it tries to exploit cross-fertilization with recent research and discoveries in optimization theory and statistical signal processing. The material of the book is organized into nine chapters, each completed by an extensive list of references.

Frequency Diverse Array Radar Signal Processing offers an excellent theoretical reference and practical guide for systems engineers and their managers in the aerospace and defense sector, technical staff in procurement agencies and their technical advisors, students at the MSc and PhD levels in signal processing, electrical engineering, radar systems, and optimization theory, and people interested in advanced radar engineering.