MIMO Radar with Arbitrarily Distributed Array-Target Configuration in the Presence of Possible Non-Gaussian Clutter-Plus-Noise

Abstract For amultiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar system adopting the Neyman-Pearson (NP) criterion, a detection algorithm for MIMO radar with arbitrarily correlated observation channels in the presence of possible Non-Gaussian clutter-plusnoise is analyzed. Simulation results show that both the correlation of the observation channels and the correlation of the clutter-plus-noise will reduce the detection performance. The algorithm can be utilized to compute and analyze the detection performance of a MIMO radar system for any given transmitter/receiver geometry and varying levels of correlation in the target.