19 June 2023 Long-time coherent integration algorithm for high-speed maneuvering target detection
Yunpeng Mi, Yunhua Zhang, Jiefang Yang
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Abstract

Detection of high-speed maneuvering targets along with motion parameters estimation (MPE) are some of the challenging problems for modern radar systems. Such targets usually induce linear range migration (LRM), quadratic range migration (QRM), and Doppler frequency migration (DFM) problems in signal processing, resulting in severe performance degradation, especially when long time integration is needed for weak target detection. We propose an algorithm for coherent integration and MPE by combining the techniques of generalized dechirp (GD) and new axis rotation moving target detection (NAR-MTD), i.e., the GD-NAR-MTD algorithm, to solve the above problems. Specifically, the GD and NAR approaches can not only correct LRM, QRM, and DFM simultaneously with reduced rotation error in coordinate system transformation but also can abate the computational burden via frequency-domain implementation with rounding and complex addressing operations avoided, so the target’s echo energies can be well accumulated by MTD finally. Both simulation and practical radar experiments are conducted to validate the proposed algorithm. At the same time, the results by the other six typical algorithms are compared for demonstrating the superior performance of the proposed algorithm on detection and MPE. In addition, the equivalence between the practical radar experiment and the simulation experiment is analyzed by comparing the induced RMs and DFMs, which shows that the scaled equivalent experiment is persuasive in algorithm validation.

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Yunpeng Mi, Yunhua Zhang, and Jiefang Yang "Long-time coherent integration algorithm for high-speed maneuvering target detection," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 17(2), 026515 (19 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.17.026515
Received: 13 February 2023; Accepted: 5 June 2023; Published: 19 June 2023
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KEYWORDS
Detection and tracking algorithms

Target detection

Signal to noise ratio

Design for manufacturing

Radar

Computer simulations

Doppler effect

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