Spatial resolution cell based centralized target detection in multistatic radar

The problem of spatial resolution cell (SRC) based centralized target detection in multistatic radar is considered. Due to the fact that using the observation data from different radar sites can result in a much smaller uncertainty volume, the SRC of multistatic radar is usually an intersection of the overlapping range, azimuth and elevation resolution cells of all spatial diversity channels (SDCs). Then, the target detection problem in multistatic radar can be considered as deciding whether a target is present in each probed SRC. In this paper, a general scheme of the SRC based centralized target detection in multistatic radar is proposed. Considering that different neighboring SRCs of multistatic radar may correspond to the same range, azimuth and elevation resolution cell of one SDC, the desired signals or noises from these neighboring SRCs hence can be mutually dependent. Motivated by this, the symbiosis relationship of these neighboring SRCs in exceeding the test threshold during the process of centralized target detection is specifically studied. Furthermore, the performance of the peak search method to decide which SRC on earth contains the target of interest is accordingly analyzed.