A frequency diverse array (FDA) multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) radar employs a small frequency increment across transmit elements to produce an angle‐range‐dependent beampattern for target angle and range detection. The joint angle and range estimation problem is a trilinear model. The traditional trilinear alternating least square (TALS) algorithm involves high computational load due to excessive iterations. We propose a fast‐convergence trilinear decomposition (FC‐TD) algorithm to jointly estimate FDA‐MIMO radar target angle and range. We first use a propagator method to obtain coarse angle and range estimates in the data domain. Next, the coarse estimates are used as initialized parameters instead of the traditional TALS algorithm random initialization to reduce iterations and accelerate convergence. Finally, fine angle and range estimates are derived and automatically paired. Compared to the traditional TALS algorithm, the proposed FC‐TD algorithm has lower computational complexity with no estimation performance degradation. Moreover, Cramér‐Rao bounds are presented and simulation results are provided to validate the proposed FC‐TD algorithm effectiveness.
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