The invention discloses a low, slow and
small target detection method based on FDA-
MIMO (Multi-Input Multi-Output)
radar. The detection method comprises the following steps of: constructing a multi-input multi-output frequency diversity array to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals under a multipath condition; performing discrete sampling on the demodulated received signals to construct an echo
observation data matrix which is expressed as a vector form; then introducing a target fluctuation model, and deriving an FDA-
MIMO radar low, slow and
small target detector by adopting a
generalized likelihood ratio test method, so that the detection probability of a target can be effectively improved under a certain
false alarm probability; and finally, comparing FDA-
MIMO, MIMO and FDAradar detection performances so as to
simulation verify that the detection effect of the FDA-
MIMO radar is more significant. Through combination of the advantages of the FDA
radar and the
MIMO radar,the influence of the low-altitude
multipath effect on target detection can be effectively suppressed, the performance loss caused by fluctuation of a target RCS can be well overcome, and a large space
diversity gain is obtained.