Green Beamforming Design for Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems: A Practical Approach Using Beam-Matching Error Metrics

In this article, we propose a green beamforming design for the integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, using beam-matching error to assess radar performance. The beam-matching error metric, which considers the mean square error between the desired and designed beam patterns, provides a more practical evaluation approach. To tackle the non-convex challenge inherent in beamforming design, we apply semidefinite relaxation (SDR) to address the rank-one relaxation issue, followed by the iterative rank minimisation algorithm (IRM) for rank-one recovery. The simulation results showcase the effectiveness of our proposed optimal beamforming design, emphasizing the exceptional performance of the radar component in sensing tasks.