一种步进频率信号认知雷达波形优化设计方法

认知雷达常用于完成探测、跟踪、成像及识别等多重任务,为提高其综合性能,需兼顾多方面因素研究其波形优化设计问题。基于此,提出一种基于压缩感知（CS）RIPless准则的步进频率信号认知雷达波形优化设计方法。首先,建立了目标回波信号稀疏模型,分析了其与发射信号模糊函数之间的关系。其次,根据模型中观测矩阵的构造,基于RIPless准则,将波形设计问题转化为概率分布的互相干参数及其协方差矩阵的条件数的优化问题,从而通过自适应寻优算法,获得优化的步进频率信号脉冲重复时间间隔序列和子脉冲频率序列。相较于传统方法,所提方法在信号发射与接收之间形成了信息实时反馈和信号优化重构的闭环,在高概率准确重构目标径向一维距离像的同时,也实现了发射信号模糊函数的优化。最后,仿真计算验证了所提方法的有效性。     

一种孔径和频率二维稀疏的步进频SAR成像方法

 步进频率信号(SFWs)在不增加雷达系统瞬时带宽的情况下能够获得高的距离向分辨率的同时,也存在着抗干扰能力较差及其等效重复频率较低的问题,并且在方位向积累时间内由于雷达载机工作状态的变化,会导致方位向的数据录取不完整。针对上述问题,提出一种孔径和频率二维稀疏的步进频合成孔径雷达(SAR)成像方法。首先,分析了稀疏步进频率信号(SSFWs)的SAR成像模型,然后基于压缩感知理论完成距离向成像处理。其次,针对稀疏孔径的回波数据,通过构造成像算子和压缩感知重建模型的方法实现其距离徙动校正和方位压缩处理,进而获得二维成像结果。相比于传统的步进频率信号SAR成像,利用所提方法能够在少量的频率资源和雷达回波数据情况下实现准确的SAR成像。最后,通过对仿真和实测的步进频率雷达数据进行成像处理,验证了所提方法的有效性和可行性。     

基于稀疏随机阵列配置的CS-MIMO雷达感知矩阵构造

压缩感知(CS)理论中的感知矩阵在观测数据获取和信号重建过程中起关键性作用。目前,大部分研究通过引入高斯随机矩阵作为测量矩阵实现压缩观测,这类测量矩阵对硬件要求很高,工程实现困难。提出了一种基于稀疏随机阵列配置的压缩感知-多输入多输出(CS-MIMO)雷达中的感知矩阵构造方法,当MIMO雷达阵元配置为满足某种概率分布的稀疏随机阵列时,发射与接收导引矢量的Kronecker积能够起到压缩测量的作用。从理论上分析了所构造的感知矩阵的归一化互相关系数、Gram矩阵以及阵列方向图之间的内在联系,并证明了当随机阵元位置满足均匀分布时所构造的感知矩阵满足压缩感知重构条件。在这种稀疏随机阵列配置方式下,既可以避免额外引入随机测量矩阵,又能减少所需的阵元个数,从而大大降低CS-MIMO雷达系统复杂度。仿真实验表明,该方法具有较低的感知矩阵归一化互相关系数,与满阵CS-MIMO雷达相比能够在减少阵元个数的同时获得良好的重构性能,且使重构所需运算量大大降低。     

基于稀疏重建的机载无源SAR运动目标成像算法

针对机载无源合成孔径雷达(SAR)探测场景具有稀疏性的特点,提出了一种基于稀疏重建的机载无源SAR运动目标成像算法。在建立机载无源SAR运动目标信号模型的基础上首先通过预设的每个速度估计值构造联合字典矩阵,然后采用稀疏重建算法进行优化求解得到联合反射系数向量,最后对重建的联合反射系数向量进行分割提取从而同时得到探测区域的成像重建结果和运动目标的速度。仿真试验结果验证了所提成像算法的有效性和准确性。     

基于马尔科夫链的单站SAR海面场景宽幅高分成像算法

针对单站合成孔径雷达(SAR)实现海面场景高分辨率宽测绘带(HRWS)成像问题,结合海面目标相对整个场景的稀疏特性,提出了一种基于马尔科夫链的单站SAR宽幅高分成像算法。算法将宽幅的海面场景分为不同子测绘带,首先发射少量脉冲对各子测绘带进行距离向成像,利用距离向成像结果获取场景内感兴趣目标的数量信息。然后计算雷达波束指向的马尔科夫状态转移概率,并按此概率控制雷达对不同测绘带进行扫描。获得不同测绘带的稀疏子孔径后进行压缩感知成像。提出的算法可以在相同合成孔径时间内实现多个测绘带的宽幅高分成像,最后的仿真实验验证了所提算法的有效性。     

基于脉冲交错的数字阵列雷达任务优化调度算法

针对数字阵列雷达搜索、跟踪和成像任务的资源调度问题,提出一种数字阵列雷达(DAR)任务的优化调度算法。该算法以脉冲交错技术为基础,在对目标搜索与跟踪的同时,利用基于压缩感知的稀疏孔径认知逆合成孔径雷达(ISAR)成像方法对部分精密跟踪目标成像,并采用观测时间动态调整策略以提高雷达系统的自适应能力。仿真结果表明,与传统雷达资源调度算法相比,该算法可以将成像任务考虑到优化调度模型中并合理分配资源,实现雷达多任务并行的调度,获得更高的资源利用率与期望的成像质量。     

双基地角时变下的ISAR稀疏孔径自聚焦成像

针对双基地角时变下的逆合成孔径雷达（ISAR）成像分辨率低以及稀疏孔径存在相位误差引起图像散焦等问题,提出了一种基于贝叶斯压缩感知（BCS）的双基地ISAR稀疏孔径自聚焦高分辨成像算法。在平动补偿后回波数据的基础上,首先构造补偿相位将由双基地角时变引起的多普勒偏移补偿掉,然后构造随双基地角变化的稀疏基矩阵,建立基于压缩感知的双基地ISAR稀疏孔径观测模型,并将相位误差作为ISAR成像的模型误差,接着假设目标图像各像元服从Laplace先验、噪声统计特性服从Gaussian分布,利用贝叶斯推理进行"分布式"迭代求解,在高分辨成像的同时实现了相位自聚焦,仿真结果验证了算法的有效性和优越性。     

基于压缩感知的多级风扇周向声模态重构

基于风扇单音噪声周向声模态在叶片通过频率下稀疏的特性,研究压缩感知方法在多级风扇周向主导声模态识别和幅值重构中的应用。开展多级风扇试验器的声场测量试验,利用压缩感知方法对管道周向声模态进行准确识别与分解。建立声模态重构的压缩感知模型,实现少数传声器对主导声模态的阶数识别和幅值精确重构,同时研究传声器数量和布局策略对重构精度的影响。试验结果表明:对于确定声场,当压缩感知常量C大于3.6时,随机布局的传声器有90%以上的概率可以以较高精度重构主导声模态幅值;建立压缩感知模型观测矩阵时应避免传声器的均匀和近似均匀布局,均匀布局的感知模型难以精准重构声模态。      

基于时频分析的双通道SAR自旋目标检测

强地杂波背景给微动目标检测带来很大困难,为此在详细分析距离向压缩数据域自旋目标回波特性基础上,提出了基于双通道合成孔径雷达相位中心偏置天线(SAR/DPCA)和沿航迹干涉(ATI)杂波抑制的两类自旋目标检测方法,并作比较分析.在DPCA模式下,微多普勒频率沿频率(m-D)轴有一整体平移量,其与目标自旋中心的方位向坐标成...     

低信噪比下稳健压缩感知成像

 由于基于l₁范数的压缩感知理论模型无法充分挖掘信号的稀疏性,因此在重建过程中无法实现对待重构系数的等权值约束,进而导致在信噪比较低时,噪声分布的不稀疏性会严重影响目标信息的重建,造成成像结果中会出现大量虚假目标,成像性能急剧下降。本文在深入分析了加权l₁范数模型的基础上,提出了一种更加稳健的适用于含噪模式下的高分辨率压缩感知微波成像模型。该模型在借鉴常规加权l₁范数模型的基础上,针对权重选择及加权方式进行了修正,使得权值的变化程度和权值大小分离,可以做到相同的惩罚约束,从而实现成像过程中噪声分量的有效抑制,实验结果说明了低信噪比下所提模型的有效性。     

微动目标跟踪成像一体化的雷达资源优化调度算法

相控阵雷达可以同时担负搜索、跟踪、识别与成像等多种雷达任务。为了提高雷达对战场环境的感知能力并减轻雷达资源分配的冲突,提出一种微动目标跟踪成像一体化的雷达资源优化调度算法。该算法建立了包含微动目标成像任务的雷达优化调度模型并利用启发式算法求解,利用跟踪脉冲与调度剩余的空闲时间资源,动态地构造感知矩阵并采用正交匹配追踪（OMP）算法对微动目标进行特征提取并成像。仿真结果表明：该算法可以实现稀疏孔径条件下的微动目标成像,并具有良好的鲁棒性,同时进一步提高了雷达系统的资源利用率。     

基于均值-方差联合检验的航迹欺骗干扰识别

以集中式融合结构雷达网为研究背景,从电子战飞机(ECAV)产生虚假航迹的原理出发,针对真/假航迹空间分布差异,提出了基于均值-方差联合检验的航迹欺骗干扰识别技术。首先分析了真/假航迹的统计特性差异,然后利用多个时刻航迹的坐标差,并通过坐标差的协方差阵对角化和归一化处理来构造检验样本,最后利用似然比统计检验的方法实现了虚假航迹的识别。仿真结果表明该技术能够对航迹欺骗干扰进行有效的识别,在雷达测距精度、测角精度变化的条件下仍能保持较高的识别率。     

A multi-frame track-before-detect algorithm based on root label clustering for multiple targets

In this paper, a novel multi-frame track-before-detect algorithm is proposed, which is based on root label clustering to reduce the high computational complexity arising by observation area expansion and clutter/noise density increase. A criterion of track extrapolation is used to construct state transition set, root label is marked by state transition set to obtain the distribution information of multiple targets in measurement space, then measurement plots of multi-frame are divided into sever...     

Searching tracks

Search theory is the discipline that studies the problem of how best to search for an object when the amount of searching efforts is limited and only probabilities of the possible position of the object are given. Then, the problem is to find the optimal distribution of this total effort that maximizes the probability of detection. Although the general formalism of search theory will be used subsequently, we consider now a radically different problem. The problem is to detect target tracks. In the "classical" search theory, the target is said detected if a detection occurs during any time of the time frame. Here, on the contrary, the target track will be said to be detected if elementary detections occur at various times. That means that there is a test for acceptance (or detection) of a target track and that the problem is to optimize the allocation of the search effort for track detection. So, specific optimization problems are solved by means of the primal-dual formalism, in an original setup. Other aspects concern Markovian targets and two-sided search for which simple and efficient algorithms are derived.     

Performance evaluation of track fusion with information matrixfilter

In a multisensor environment, each sensor detects multiple targets and creates corresponding tracks. Fusion of tracks from these, possibly dissimilar, sensors yields more accurate kinematic and attribute information regarding the target. Two methodologies have been employed for such purpose, which are: measurement fusion and state vector fusion. It is well known that the measurement fusion approach is optimal but computationally inefficient and the state vector fusion algorithms are more efficient but suboptimal, in general. This is so because the state vector estimates to be fused obtained from two sensors, are not conditionally independent in general due to the common process noise from the target being tracked. It is to be noted that there are three approaches to state vector fusion, which are: weighted covariance, information matrix, and pseudomeasurement. This research is restricted solely to performance evaluation of the information matrix form of state vector fusion. Closed-form analytical solution of steady state fused covariance has been derived as a measure of performance using this approach. Note that the results are derived under the assumptions that the two sensors are synchronized and no misassociation or merged measurement is considered in the study. Results are compared with those using Monte Carlo simulation, which was used in the past to predict fusion system performance by various authors. These results provide additional insight into the mechanism of track fusion and greatly simplify evaluation of fusion performance. In addition, availability of such a solution facilitates the trade-off studies for designing fusion systems under various operating conditions     

Association of tracks from over the horizon radar

In Over-The-Horizon Radar (OTHR), multiple ionospheric layers cause several tracks per target to be observed. This effect causes ambiguities in target identification and track coordinate registration. A pattern classification approach is proposed for associating tracks. Neural networks and statistical methods are applied to combine track affinities and associate pairs of tracks. The proposed approach provides a practical and efficient way of dealing with multiple track association when the number of targets is large and optimal. Bayesian hypothesis testing is not practical     

3-D E-CSAR imaging of a T-72 tank and synthesis of its SAR reconstructions

The results of three-dimensional (3-D) imaging of a T-72 tank using its angular azimuthal (turntable) and linear elevation synthetic aperture data at X band are presented. This is achieved using an accurate and computationally efficient wavefront (Fourier-based) reconstruction algorithm for elevation and circular (E-CSAR) data. The E-CSAR 3-D images are then used to synthesize 2-D spotlight and stripmap slant plane synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the target at a desired range and squint angle. For this purpose, a procedure is introduced that incorporates the spatially varying azimuthal and elevation Doppler signatures of individual reflectors on the target as well as the mean range, azimuth, and elevation of the flight path. Results using the E-CSAR images of the T-72 tank are provided.