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In this paper, an algebraic solution for elliptic localization in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems is proposed by taking the uncertainties in antenna positions and their clock parameters into account. Through nonlinear transformation and multi-stage processing, the target position is estimated in closed-form by successively utilizing the weighted least squares estimator. Theoretical analysis demonstrates that the proposed method is able to attain the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) performance under mild Gaussian error. The conditions for achieving the CRLB are derived as well. The numerical simulations confirm the analytical results and demonstrate significant performance... 

Registration is the most consequential topic to be dealt with in a multi-sensor tracking system. On the other hand, providing satisfactory target acceleration estimation would enhance the performance of a ground-based air defense system encountering a maneuvering target. The main novelty of the present work is addressing a new scheme to solve the registration problem in a distributed network along with estimating accurate target acceleration, simultaneously. The details of coping with three common kinds of measurement, attitude, and location biases are explored concentrating on the effects of attitude bias as the main error source from the practical viewpoint. A modified iterated extended... 

This letter addresses the problem of joint localization and clock synchronization in distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems. While the well-known two-stage weighted least squares (WLS) method provides an acceptable estimate of target position when a rough approximation of antennas clock parameters, the drifts and offsets, is available, its performance can degrade quickly if the level of uncertainty in these values increases. The proposed method offers a solution for synchronizing the clocks while simultaneously improving the target position estimate. The uncertainty in positions of antennas is also taken into account. The presented method is shown to be approximately...