Parameter Estimation and Signal Optimization for Joint Communication and Radar Sensing

Joint communication and radar sensing (JCAS) integrates communication and radar sensing into one system, sharing one transmitted signal. In this paper, we study a JCAS system that uses a dedicated low-cost single-antenna receiver for sensing. We provide sensing parameter estimation algorithms for the JCAS system, and investigate the optimization of the precoding matrix to balance communication and sensing performance. A MUSIC-based estimation approach is proposed to obtain time delays and angle-of-arrivals of targets. A weighted signal optimization to balance between communication and sensing is then proposed. Numerical results are provided and verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.