Direction finding algorithms for time reversal MIMO radars

A time reversal (TR) based direction of arrival (DOA) estimation framework for multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) radars is presented. We develop minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) and multiple signal classification (MUSIC) based DOA estimators for the TR/MIMO setup. The TR/MIMO estimation algorithms outperform their conventional counterparts in: (i) analytical Cramér Rao Bounds (CRB) comparisons, and; (ii) numerical Monte Carlo simulations for a range of signal to noise ratios that we tested.