The invention discloses a method for generating an optimal protection channel of an
MIMO radar antenna, and the method comprises the following steps: transmitting a
radar signal to a target object ina set range through the
MIMO antenna, and generating an initial protection channel through an
echo signal of the target object; initializing parameters, wherein the parameters comprise an initial protection
channel parameter vector; setting a cost function according to the requirement of the optimal protection channel; optimizing the initial protection
channel parameter vector for multiple times by adopting a mode
search algorithm; and taking a protection
channel parameter vector enabling the cost function to be minimum after multiple times of optimization, and taking the protection channel parameter vector as an optimal protection channel generation vector to generate an optimal protection channel. According to the method, parameter weighting is performed on the antenna output
signal to synthesize the protection channel so as to suppress the sidelobe, the method is applied to the
MIMO radar, an auxiliary antenna does not need to be independently arranged, and the hardware requirementis low.