Multistatic radar

<p>A multistatic radar system contains multiple spatially diverse <a href="/facts/Monostatic_radar/CSwBMsWK">monostatic radar</a> or <a href="/facts/Bistatic_radar/RKD70Mm5">bistatic radar</a> components with a shared area of coverage.  An important distinction of systems based on these individual <a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">radar</a> geometries is the added requirement for some level of <a href="/facts/Data_fusion/71rNwLLs">data fusion</a> to take place between component parts.
The spatial diversity afforded by multistatic systems allows different aspects of a target to be viewed simultaneously.  The potential for information gain can give rise to a number of advantages over conventional systems.
</p><p>Multistatic radar is often referred to as "multisite" or "netted" radar and is comparable with the idea of <a href="/facts/Macrodiversity/YteSm1qM">macrodiversity</a> in communications. A further subset of multistatic radar with roots in communications is that of <a href="/facts/MIMO_radar/9gtI3EXT">MIMO radar</a>.
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Multistatic radar