A simple direct target localization and deghosting algorithm in active radar network

Recently studies proposed to solve the target localization problem processing directly all raw signals received on all nodes in a centralized one step approach. Even if such approach can be more accurate than classical approach it can also be prone to strong sidelobes that makes the detection step complicated. In the context of active radar network, we propose here a simple detection based on a one step approach that increase the sidelobes rejection compared to a classical approach. The proposed simple test enables both the target localization and deghosting in the context of active radar. The method is tested on synthetic data and on real data measured in a realistic scenario.