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Despite the fact that multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) radar can provide greater degrees of freedom (DOFs), the influence of mutual coupling is largely overlooked in many current MIMO radar designs. To tackle this issue, we propose the utilization of a generalized nested array (GNA) in transmitter array and we introduce an expansion factor into the nested array in the receiver array. Thereby, a novel GNA-MIMO radar is put forward. The proposed MIMO radar offers O(N4) consecutive DOFs with N sensors and avoids the adverse effects of high mutual coupling caused by closely located sensors. Furthermore, we derive the closed-form expressions for the position of physical sensors and the attainable consecutive DOFs of the proposed MIMO radar. Through simulation experiments, we demonstrate the superior accuracy of the proposed MIMO configuration in DOA estimation and angle resolution under the condition of mutual coupling effect.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24123952","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,19]],"date-time":"2024-06-19T08:06:06Z","timestamp":1718784366000},"page":"3952","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Novel Generalized Nested Array MIMO Radar for DOA Estimation with Increased Degrees of Freedom and Low Mutual Coupling"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Zhongtian","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 102200, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhengyang","family":"Bi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Advanced Technology, Xi\u2019an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ye","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Honghao","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Zhang, X., and Cao, R. 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