Research Article

Thinned Virtual Array for Cramer Rao Bound Optimization in MIMO Radar

Table 1

Thinning virtual array without priori direction.

StepsProcedure

Step 1Initialize parameters , , and ; set
Step 2If sidelobe level is to be considered, determine and
Step 3Solve problem (32) or (34) to obtain
Step 4; if , go to step 3; if , go to step 5
Step 5 consists of indices of selected active elements