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Abstract

Super-resolution algorithms used in radar imaging, e.g., MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC), can help us to get much higher resolution image beyond what is limited by the signal's bandwidth. We focus on MUSIC imaging algorithm in the paper and investigate the uniqueness and effectiveness conditions of the MUSIC algorithm when used in 1-D radar range imaging. Unlike conventional radar resolution analysis, we introduced the concept of resolution threshold from Direction of Arrival (DOA) into the MUSIC radar range imaging, we derive an approximate expression of theoretical resolution threshold for 1-D MUSIC imaging algorithm through the approach of asymptotic and statistical analysis to the null spectrum based on the perturbation theory of algebra and matrix theories. Monte Carlo simulations are presented to verify the work.

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