Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ground moving target indication (GMTI) radar has been studied recently because of its excellent performance. In this paper, a general signal model is established for the MIMO GMTI radar with both fast-time and slow-time waveforms. The general signal model can be used to evaluate the performance of the MIMO GMTI radar with arbitrary waveforms such as the ideal orthogonal, code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency-division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), and Doppler division multiple access (DDMA) waveforms. We proposed a range-compensation method to eliminate the range-dependence of the FDMA waveforms. The simulation results indicate that the improved performance of FDMA waveforms is achieved utilizing the range-compensation method.
Keywords: MIMO GMTI radar; fast-time waveforms; general signal model; range-compensation method; slow-time waveforms.