RIS-aided Radar Detection Architectures with Application to Low-RCS Targets

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Hauptverfasser: Colone, Fabiola, Costa, Filippo, Gao, Yiding, Hao, Chengpeng, Yan, Linjie, Manara, Giuliano, Orlando, Danilo
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Colone, Fabiola
Costa, Filippo
Gao, Yiding
Hao, Chengpeng
Yan, Linjie
Manara, Giuliano
Orlando, Danilo
author_facet Colone, Fabiola
Costa, Filippo
Gao, Yiding
Hao, Chengpeng
Yan, Linjie
Manara, Giuliano
Orlando, Danilo
contents In this paper, we address the radar detection of low observable targets with the assistance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). Instead of using a multistatic radar network as counter-stealth strategy with its synchronization, costs, phase coherence, and energy consumption issues, we exploit a RIS to form a joint monostatic and bistatic configuration that can intercept the energy backscattered by the target along irrelevant directions different from the line-of-sight of the radar. Then, this energy is redirected towards the radar that capitalizes all the backscattered energy to detect the low observable target. To this end, five different detection architectures are devised that jointly process monostatic and bistatic echoes and exhibit the constant false alarm rate property at least with respect to the clutter power. To support the practical implementation, we also provide a guideline for the design of a RIS that satisfies the operating requirements of the considered application. The performance analysis is carried out in comparison with conventional detectors and shows that the proposed strategy leads to effective solutions to the detection of low observable targets.
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spellingShingle RIS-aided Radar Detection Architectures with Application to Low-RCS Targets
Colone, Fabiola
Costa, Filippo
Gao, Yiding
Hao, Chengpeng
Yan, Linjie
Manara, Giuliano
Orlando, Danilo
Signal Processing
In this paper, we address the radar detection of low observable targets with the assistance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). Instead of using a multistatic radar network as counter-stealth strategy with its synchronization, costs, phase coherence, and energy consumption issues, we exploit a RIS to form a joint monostatic and bistatic configuration that can intercept the energy backscattered by the target along irrelevant directions different from the line-of-sight of the radar. Then, this energy is redirected towards the radar that capitalizes all the backscattered energy to detect the low observable target. To this end, five different detection architectures are devised that jointly process monostatic and bistatic echoes and exhibit the constant false alarm rate property at least with respect to the clutter power. To support the practical implementation, we also provide a guideline for the design of a RIS that satisfies the operating requirements of the considered application. The performance analysis is carried out in comparison with conventional detectors and shows that the proposed strategy leads to effective solutions to the detection of low observable targets.
title RIS-aided Radar Detection Architectures with Application to Low-RCS Targets
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10846