The invention provides an
MIMO radar two-dimensional
direction of arrival estimation method based on constraint
tensor decomposition. The method mainly solves the problems that an existing
algorithm is high in calculation complexity and poor in
estimation precision. According to the method, the high-order
tensor model is introduced, the multiple
linear relation of
MIMO radar multi-pulse receiving data is effectively utilized, and the precision and resolution of direction-of-arrival
estimation are improved. The method does not need iteration, is low in calculation complexity and stable in convergence, and can be used for multi-target detection tracking under the condition that the number of space targets is unknown. A high-order
tensor model suitable for an
MIMO radar with a plurality of transmitting sub-arrays is constructed, the tensor model is reconstructed, and
singular value decomposition is performed on an obtained reconstructed matrix, so that a left
singular matrix retains a Van der Monde structure constrained by an array structure; according to the special structure of the left
singular matrix, phase information of a target coming direction is estimated from a sub-matrix of the left
singular matrix by using an ESPRIT-like
algorithm, and then two-dimensional direction-of-arrival estimation is realized.