Bayesian Learning (BL)-Based Extended Target Localization in mmWave MIMO OFDM JRC Systems in the Presence of Doppler and Clutter

This work conceives a novel sparse Bayesian learning (SBL)-based extended target parameter estimation scheme for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wave-form based-mmWave MIMO joint radar and communication (JRC) system. The proposed framework also incorporates the intercarrier interference (ICI) effect arising due to the Doppler shift together with radar clutter. The proposed algorithms are based on the hybrid mmWave MIMO architecture that requires a significantly fewer number of radio frequency (RF) chains in comparison to the number of antennas. A range, Doppler and angular (RDA)-domain representation of the target-plus-clutter echo is conceived toward target parameter estimation. The SBL framework is developed that exploits the 3-dimensional (3D)-sparsity arising in the RDA domain, given the limited number of targets and clutter, to jointly estimate the angles, range, velocity and radar cross-section (RCS) coefficients of an extended target. Simulation results demonstrate the imaging and accuracy of estimation of the target parameters in comparison to other existing techniques.