Integrated waveform design for an Integrated Radar and Communication System with a Uniform Linear Array

To reduce the consumption of spectrum and hardware resource, two methods are proposed to design the integrated waveform that can satisfy the requirements for both radar and communication. First, a linear superposition (LS) method is proposed to design the transmit waveforms of a uniform linear array (ULA). In the far field of the ULA, the designed transmit waveforms can simultaneously synthesize the desired radar and communication waveforms in different directions. However, the designed waveforms usually have high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). Then, an alternative projection (AP) method is proposed to reduce the PAPR of the transmit waveforms. The AP method can devise the waveforms with constant modulus. Both the proposed methods can perform radar and communication function in different directions. Finally, several simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods.