Dual Function Radar and Communication Signal Matrix Design Method for MIMO System

Abstract

Due to several advantages of the Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) system in terms of waveform, space diversity, and multiplexing, the MIMO Dual Function Radar and Communication (DFRC) system, which is responsible for target detection and securing the communication by sharing the software and hardware resources, has attracted great attention. This paper addresses the MIMO DFRC system based on permutation matrix modulation and proposes a DFRC signal matrix design method based on the Alternation Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). By maximizing the Peak Mainlobe to Sidelobe level Ratio (PMSR) of the beampattern with the constraints of the reference codebook for both users and eavesdroppers, the system guarantees excellent detection performance along with protecting the communication information from interception. Aiming at the communication demodulation of the permutation matrix, a permutation learning demodulation method based on the Alternating Direction Penalty Method (ADPM) is proposed to improve the demodulation efficiency of the co-use waveform. Numerical simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods to achieve dual function, capable of realizing multiuser communication and deriving higher PMSR compared with the existing counterparts.

Keywords

• dual function radar and communication (dfrc)
• signal matrix design
• alternation direction method of multipliers (admm)
• demodulation via permutation learning
• alternating direction penalty method (adpm)