The invention discloses a single-base
MIMO radar parameter joint
estimation information amount calculation method, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a multi-dimensional joint probability density function of a uniform
linear array through the property of an array receiving
signal covariance matrix, and simplifying the joint
estimation probability density function according to the vector form of a receiving
signal; deducing a joint
posterior probability density function of distance angle
estimation under the condition of given received signals according to a Bayesian formula in combination with the joint probability density function, and obtaining distance
direction information of multiple targets according to a distance-
direction information formula; and deducing the distance
direction information by using Taylor expansion under the condition of a high
signal-to-
noise ratio to obtain an upper bound of the distance direction information, and obtaining an entropy error, an entropy error lower bound and a Cramer-Rao bound according to the information amount and the information amount upper bound. According to the method, a
posterior probability density function used for distance and angle joint estimation of multiple targets of the uniform
linear array is deduced based on the information theory, and an information structure in
radar observation data can be more completely described through joint distance-angle parameter modeling and
mutual information theory analysis. Through introduction of
mutual information indexes in an information theory, the
perception capability of a
radar system to target parameters can be quantified from a statistical perspective, and a theoretical basis is provided for
system design.