基于相位相关的部分可辨编队精细起始算法

针对部分可辨条件下编队目标的精细起始难题,提出了一种基于相位相关的部分可辨编队精细起始算法。首先,采用基于坐标映射距离差分的快速群分割与基于编队中心点的预互联对雷达量测进行预处理;然后,利用图像匹配中相位相关特性,将相邻时刻编队结构进行补偿对准,解决了低目标发现概率情况下的编队结构对准问题;最后,采用增加虚拟量测并后验判决的方式,结合最近邻法做编队航迹精细互联,在填补航迹缺失、增加正确航迹的同时抑制虚假航迹的产生。经仿真验证,与修正的逻辑法、基于相对位置矢量的灰色编队精细起始算法相比,本文所提算法在提高航迹正确起始率、抑制虚假航迹方面性能优势显著,且对环境杂波与雷达精度具有较好的鲁棒性,对目标发现概率具有较好的适应性。     

针对雷达LPI波形验证的目标RCS估算

根据某型雷达低截获概率波形设计的需要,分析了雷达探测目标的高频散射机理,并运用物理光学法、等效电磁流法计算了约定目标在不同姿态下和不同电磁波频率照射下的RCS值,从而为验证雷达波形在能探测到目标情况下的LPI性能提供了支撑。实验结果表明,基于电磁场理论的目标RCS估算方法是研究雷达LPI波形的一种有效工具,方法也适合于其他领域RCS估算的需要。     

Radar measurement accuracy for fluctuating targets

The impact of target radar cross-section (RCS) fluctuations on the thermal noise limited accuracy of radar measurements of range, range rate, and angle are evaluated for the Swerling fluctuation models. For large signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), the accuracy criterion used is the measurement error with the same probability span as the one corresponding to the standard deviation points of the measurement error for the nonfluctuating model.<>     

Detection of moving targets in wideband SAR

A likelihood ratio is proposed for moving target detection in a wideband (WB) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system. WB is defined here as any systems having a large fractional bandwidth, i.e., an ultra wide frequency band combined with a wide antenna beam. The developed method combines time-domain fast backprojection SAR processing methods with moving target detection using space-time processing. The proposed method reduces computational load when sets of relative speeds can be tested using the same clutter-suppressed subaperture beams. The proposed method is tested on narrowband radar data.     

Sidelobe blanking with integration and target fluctuation

In radar systems, sidelobe blanking (SLB) is used to mitigate impulsive interference that enters the radar through sidelobes of the main antenna. SLB employs an auxiliary antenna channel with the output being compared with that of the main antenna channel and a decision is then made as to whether or not to blank the main channel output. SLB performance determination involves the evaluation of several probability functions. Based on the classical Maisel SLB architecture, this work extends previous performance results, in which detection was limited to the case of a single radar pulse with either Marcum or Swerling I target fluctuation. Probability expressions have been generalized to include both an arbitrary number of integrated pulses and target fluctuation models based on the gamma distribution. The Swerling fluctuation models are all special cases of the gamma distribution. Results are derived in terms of two generalized probability functions, one for detection and the other for blanking. With these generalized probability functions, the SLB design and performance results can be determined. Examples are presented and discussed.     

基于稀疏重建的MIMO-OTH雷达多模杂波抑制算法

针对由多模传播引起的多普勒扩展杂波(SDC)严重影响天波超视距雷达(OTHR)对慢速船舰目标的检测这一问题,在基于多输入多输出体制的新一代天波超视距(MIMO-OTH)雷达系统下,利用空域信息抑制多模SDC。传统处理方法需要目标角度先验信息,而在实际中,该信息往往很难获得。为此,提出一种新的基于稀疏重建的多模杂波抑制算法。该算法将二维的稀疏角度搜索转变为一维的角度搜索,使运算量大大降低,且估计出的收发角(DOA-DOD)自动配对,同时可获得各个传播路径下信号的时间多普勒信息,达到了理想的MIMO-OTH雷达多模杂波抑制效果。仿真结果证明了所提算法的有效性。     

基于概率分析法的歼击机导引效能

 基于传统的概率分析法提出一种评估歼击机导引效能的方法。以发现距离作为整个导引阶段的随机变量,提出导引效能指标。将歼击机在水平面内的航向导引分为远距导引与近距导引,分别把导航站引起的导引误差、歼击机对目标的拦截角作为随机变量,分析歼击机进入机载雷达发现区和武器攻击区的情况。通过计算机载雷达的累积发现概率给出发现距离函数。最后以某型歼击机使用中程空空导弹拦截目标为例,计算歼击机向目标的成功导引概率、有效导引距离及有效导引角度,分析主要参数对导引概率的影响规律。该方法可应用于歼击机空战时导引概率的计算。     

Target detection trials with a millimeter wave radar system

Unobstructed, large RCS targets, similar radar targets surrounded by moving foliage, and small targets in severe clutter have been used as test cases for two pre-processing algorithms and several threshold levels in an experimental millimeter wave radar system. The rather conventional "six-out-of-eight" pulse radar selection method with binary output has been compared to an algorithm that accepts a target if the pre-defined trigger level is crossed by the average of the eight consecutive pulses. In this case, however, the output is an analog value corresponding to the relative average video amplitude. In terms of plotted video, this process seems to give a slightly better combination of false alarm rate and detection probability. Large targets are easier to detect from foliage clutter with the conventional method.     

Optimal Target t Designation Techniques

Studies of signal processing techniques are presented for achieving optimal autonomous acquisition of stationary targets located in a moderately intense nonhomogeneous radar ground clutter background. The process of target acquisition comprises three basic functions: 1) target detection, 2) target selection or designation, and 3) reacquiring the target for tracking. It is the second of these functions, i.e., autonomous designation of a target, that is the subject of this discussion. Theoretical analyses and predictions of the probability of correct target designation for two acquisition search methods are presented and compared with results achieved using real radar imagery.     

攻击移动目标的末制导导弹命中概率评估方法

针对攻击移动目标的末制导导弹的命中概率评估问题,深入分析了影响导弹精度的各类误差源,研究了目标机动特性对末制导雷达捕获概率的影响,提出了打击任意形状目标的命中概率计算模型。以慢速移动目标——舰船为例进行了仿真分析,结果表明提出的命中概率评估方法能够有效融合多源信息,评估结论符合工程实际。     

A High-Resolution Radar Detection Strategy

A comparison of single range cell detection and integrated contiguous range cell detection for a high range resolution radar is presented. A simulation was used to generate probability of detection curves for the two detection strategies using 10 target models with different target scattering characteristics. The integrated range cell detection strategy was found to be superior in all cases except when the target is composed of a single strong flare point.     

Optimal polarimetric detection of radar target in a slowlyfluctuating environment of clutter

It is shown that in a situation where a radar target is distant enough from the radar and is included in a natural or artificial clutter environment in such a manner that the conventional detection methods fail, it is possible to improve the radar detection performance by using appropriate signal processing on two orthogonal polarization states. A CFAR (constant false alarm rate) polarimetric detection system based on the study of the polarization difference between clutter and target is proposed. Since the polarization state of the clutter echoes fluctuates slowly from cell to cell, an autoregressive model can be applied to the components of the polarization vector to predict the detection thresholds needed to follow the polarization state variation. The detection thresholds are determined to maintain a false alarm probability equal to 10^-6. The presence of a target registers as a significant variation of the estimation error of the polarization vector. Results obtained from measurements of simple and canonical targets with artificial clutter are presented, and these results validate the principle of polarimetric detection     

A Sequential Approach to Target Discrimination

The Wald sequential probability ratio test is applied to the discrimination of targets observed by a radar or other sensor and a form for the classifier involving linear predictive filtering is developed. In this sequential approach, a target is illuminated with consecutive pulses until a classification of the target can be made to within a prescribed probability of error. Because of the linear-predictive formulation, the computational and storage requirements for the classifier are related only to the number of returns necessary to predict the target signature and not to the length of signature observed; a classifier with modest storage and computational requirements can be employed to process signatures consisting of an arbitrarily large number of returns. The classifier is based on some well-known results in mean-square filtering theory and has a simple intuitive interpretation. The classifier structure can also be related to autoregressive time series analysis and innovations process concepts and has an interpretation in the frequency domain in terms of the maximum entropy and maximum likelihood spectral estimates for the target signatures.     

Calculating Detection Probabilities for Systems Employing Noncoherent Integration

Cumulative probability distributions that occur in radar and sonar detection problems are calculated directly from the characteristic function by using a Fourier series. The error in the result is controlled by two parameters which can be adjusted to suit the application. The technique is applied to the problem of determining the detection performance of consecutive discrete Fourier transforms (DFTs) for a narrowband Gaussian signal with a rectangular spectrum. Since the characteristic function is used directly in its product form this technique does not suffer from the numerical problems associated with the partial fraction approach. The technique can handle many different problems in a single computational structure making it a valuable tool in system performance studies.     

有限姿控能力的低RCS微小卫星姿态实时规划

 为提高在轨微小卫星使用效能及生存能力,提出一种受姿控能源消耗及驱动能力约束的低雷达散射截面（RCS）微小卫星姿态实时规划算法。算法应用曲面像素法、时域有限差分法及假设检验,在三维空间内对微小卫星的RCS及雷达探测水平进行建模,并结合雷达分布模型构建了相应的威胁评估函数及规划代价评估函数。同时,为提高算法的实时性能,采用了粒子群优化(PSO)算法以降低计算复杂度。仿真结果表明,在有限计算量的基础上,算法能够以较小规划代价有效降低卫星威胁方向的RCS及雷达探测概率,满足对微小卫星飞行姿态实时规划的需要。     

Beam overlap impact on phased-array target detection

The impact of beam overlap on the probability of detection during a single scan of a phased-array volumetric scan radar is examined. Rectangular and triangular beam packing arrangements are considered. Beam positions near the beam most centered on the target are allowed to contribute to the detection process. The treatment of the impact of beam overlap on target detection for a phased array is consistent with the results that would be achieved by proper use of the search radar range equation     

Calculating Detection Probabilities for Adaptive Thresholds

In calculating detection probabiities for radar and sonar systems it is usually assumed that the threshold required to yield a certain probability of false alarm is known. This is often not the case for real systems and therefore the threshold must be estimated using some measure related to the test statistic. This paper presents a calculation technique that handles estimated (adaptive) thresholds in a general framework that can be applied easily to many detection problems. False alarm and detection probabilities are calculated from the characteristic function of the noise or signal plus noise variate and the characteristic function of the threshold estimate. To illustrate the method the detection performance of overlapped discrete Fourier transforms (DFTs) is calculated for a narrowband Gaussian target signal.     

基于多级维纳滤波的双基地MIMO雷达多目标定位方法

为了降低双基地多输入多输出(MIMO)雷达目标定位过程中的计算复杂度,避免进行占主要计算量的协方差矩阵特征值分解或奇异值分解和二维空间谱的峰值搜索,将多级维纳滤波(MSWF)应用于双基地MIMO雷达多目标定位的研究中。利用MSWF的前向递推原理,得到信号子空间;然后利用ESPRIT算法估计发射角(DOD)和接收角(DOA),且DOD和DOA自动配对,实现了多目标交叉定位。分析了本文算法和ESPRIT算法的计算复杂度,并通过仿真实验及性能分析验证本文算法的有效性。理论分析和实验结果表明:本文算法在保证二维方位角估计性能的基础上,显著地降低了计算复杂度,缩短了运算时间,更加符合MIMO雷达信号实时处理的要求。     

飞行器雷达隐身性能评估研究

考虑飞行器与雷达的对抗环境和相对位置关系,通过建立雷达的探测模型以及飞行器的雷达散射特性模型,初步构建了飞行器雷达隐身性能评估系统。该系统可以有效地计算RCS的不同而引起的发现概率及暴露距离的变化,从而可以定量地比较隐身性能的变化;还可以根据暴露距离或预警时间的要求,制定出满足该要求的RCS指标的取值,从而指导隐身飞机RCS指标的确定。对算例的计算分析表明,该系统的计算结果可信,具有一定的实用价值。     

Estimation of radar detection and false alarm probability

The accuracy with which detection and false alarm probabilities can be estimated with a limited amount of measured radar data is addressed. A simple simulation method for estimating the statistical performance of a radar detection system is presented. Confidence limits and a rule of thumb for accuracy for the estimated probabilities are presented along with procedures for calculating them. It is concluded that the minimum value of N used in a detection radar signal simulation should be 10/P_FA when the simple simulation method is used, where P_FA is the probability of false alarm, and that a value closer to 100/P _FA is preferable