Angle-of-Arrival Estimation Using an Adaptive Antenna Array

A direction-finding technique is presented that is capable of simultaneously estimating the arrival angles of multiple signals. Pulsed as well as continuous signals can be handled with the signal form only approximately specified. An adaptive antenna array is used as a processing device in the estimation technique. The effect of input signal and feedback loop parameters upon estimate bias is discussed.     

Angle of arrival estimation of coherent signals using an arraydoublet in motion

Shown here is how the estimation of signal parameters via relational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) algorithm may be used with a single pair of antennas in motion to estimate angles of arrival (AOA) for coherent signals. The approach exploits the Doppler frequency shifts caused by the doubler in motion. With this estimator, the number of signals that can be handled is not limited by the size of the array, as in the usual ESPRIT application, but by an adjustable parameter. A theoretical performance analysis of the estimator and typical examples showing the use of this estimator are given     

基于改进TLS-ESPRIT算法的相干定位信号波达方向空间平滑

针对室内角度定位,在定位信号相干条件下无法实现准确估计波达方向(DOA)的问题,提出了一种基于TLS-ESPRIT算法的双向空间平滑方法。该算法先对定位相干信号进行双向空间平滑处理,然后用TLS-ESPRIT算法进行DOA的精确估计,使其最大限度地利用信号子空间的信息,从而解决了算法计算过程中输出信号的协方差矩阵秩亏损情况。该算法能够准确实现定位信号相干条件下DOA估计,与传统的空间平滑结合其他改进ESPRIT算法相比,具有更好的平稳性及抗干扰能力。最后通过仿真实验验证了算法的有效性和稳定性。     

Test Results with an Experimental Direction-Finding System

A direction-finding system was built that can simultaneously estimate the arrival angles of two incident signals. It is conceptually straightforward to extend the system to cases with greater numbers of signals. The system is designed to work with uncorrelated signals whose form is unknown, e.g., two communications signals residing in the same bandwidth. Pulsed as well as continuous signals can be handled. The technique involves the determination of the received signal's correlation matrix as an intermediate step. Pattern range tests were performed to determine angle estimate bias and accuracy.     

线性极化敏感阵列的极化平滑算法及相干源参数估计

 研究了基于极化敏感阵列的相干信号参数估计问题。首先,提出一种利用均匀线性极化敏感阵列的新型极化平滑算法(ULAPSA),其能够处理更多相干信号的参数估计,且具有更小的计算量。然后,基于ULAPSA给出了波达方向（DOA）和极化参数估计的两种方法：第1种方法利用角度搜索得到信号的DOA估计,适应任何多分量的电磁矢量传感器阵列;第2种方法结合传播算子算法,无需奇异值分解和角度搜索,能够同时估计信号的DOA和极化参数。该方法适应完备的电磁矢量传感器、三偶极子或三磁环构成的矢量传感器。最后,通过仿真实验比较和分析了所提算法的性能。     

A novel variable-lag probability hypothesis density smoother for multi-target tracking

It is understood that the forward-backward probability hypothesis density (PHD) smoothing algorithms proposed recently can significantly improve state estimation of targets. However, our analyses in this paper show that they cannot give a good cardinality (i.e., the number of targets) estimate. This is because backward smoothing ignores the effect of temporary track drop- ping caused by forward filtering and/or anomalous smoothing resulted from deaths of targets. To cope with such a problem, a novel PHD smoothing algorithm, called the variable-lag PHD smoother, in which a detection process used to identify whether the filtered cardinality varies within the smooth lag is added before backward smoothing, is developed here. The analytical results show that the proposed smoother can almost eliminate the influences of temporary track dropping and anomalous smoothing, while both the cardinality and the state estimations can significantly be improved. Simulation results on two multi-target tracking scenarios verify the effectiveness of the proposed smoother.     

Thermal Noise in Amplitude Comparison Monopulse Systems

In this paper we consider the problem of estimation of angle of arrival in an Amplitude Comparison Monopulse antenna arrangement with the explicit inclusion of internally generated thermal, i.e., receiver, noise as an interference to the desired measurement. A pulsed type radar is assumed, and an ideal (i.e., point) radar target is postulated. This latter restriction is made so that consideration of the effects of target scintillation, glint, or other external random phenomena can be excluded from our treatment of the problem. In this context, a maximum likelihood analysis is made to determine the form of the estimate of angle of arrival, and the probability density function (pdf) of this quantity is computed. The form of the estimate is found to be a ratio of Gaussian variables quite like that used in conventional monopulse signal processing. The pdf obtained for the estimate is believed to be new, and it serves to emphasize the bias and indeterminate variance effects associated with this type of nonlinear signal processing. Some useful approximations to the pdf are discussed, and a unit of precision for the estimate is defined.     

Emitter localization using clustering-based bearing association

A closed-form emitter location estimator using time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurements is developed based on triangulation of hyperbolic asymptotes. The problem of associating the asymptotes with the emitter is solved by clustering the bearing angles of the linear asymptotes using a kernel density estimate. A closed-form estimate of the emitter location is obtained from triangulation of the clustered bearings using a weighted version of the pseudolinear estimator. By way of simulation examples, the proposed closed-form estimator is shown to outperform the computationally demanding and divergence-prone maximum likelihood (ML) estimator at moderate TDOA noise levels.     

Improved target classification using optimum polarimetric SARsignatures

We present a new method for automatic target/object classification by using the optimum polarimetric radar signatures of the targets/objects of interest. The state-of-the-art in radar target recognition is based mostly either on the use of single polarimetric pairs or on the four preset pairs of orthogonal polarimetric signatures. Due to these limitations, polarimetric radar processing has been fruitful only in the area of noise suppression and target detection. The use of target separability criteria for the optimal selection of radar signal state of polarizations is addressed here. The polarization scattering matrix is used for the derivation of target signatures at arbitrary transmit and receive polarization states (arbitrary polarization inclination angles and ellipticity angles). Then, an optimization criterion that minimizes the within-class distance and maximizes the between-class metrics is used for the derivation of optimum sets of polarimetric states. The results of the application of this approach on real synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data of military vehicles are obtained. The results show that noticeable improvements in target separability and consequently target classification can be achieved by the use of the optimum over nonoptimum signatures     

Long-Range Trajectory Prediction Errors for Least-Squares Smoothing

This paper presents exact formulas and graphs to determine the root-mean-square error of prediction for position and velocity estimates of an object, based on least-squares smoothing. The prediction interval is taken from an endpoint estimate up to ten times the smoothing interval. The rms values may be used to determine how large a search volume must be to accommodate a substantial data dropout interval.     

Interacting multiple model fixed-lag smoothing algorithm forMarkovian switching systems

We investigate a suboptimal approach to the fixed-lag smoothing problem for Markovian switching systems. A fixed-lag smoothing algorithm is developed by applying the basic Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) approach to a state-augmented system. The computational load is roughly d (the fixed lag) times beyond that of filtering for the original system. In addition, an algorithm that approximates the “fixed-lag” mode probabilities given measurements up to current time is proposed. The algorithm is illustrated via a target tracking simulation example where a significant improvement over the filtering algorithm is achieved at the cost of a time delay (i.e., data up to time k are used to produce the smoothed state estimate at time k-d where the fixed large d>0). the IMM fixed-lag smoothing performance for the given example is comparable to that of an existing IMM fixed-interval smoother. Compared with fixed-interval smoothers, the fixed-lag smoothers can be implemented in real-time with a small delay     

Improved Three Subaperture Method for Elevation Angle Estimation

The three subaperture method is a technique for estimating the arrival angles of two targets located in the main beam of a radar. The problem of estimating the arrival angle of a target in the presence of multipath is considered, and it is shown how the accuracy of the three subaperture method can be improved by making use of the information that the amplitude of the direct ray is larger than that of the reflected ray.     

Effects of the Sea on Radar Echo from Rain

Theoretical analyses are made to determine expected relative values of average radar cross section for idealized scatterers above the sea. Horizontal, vertical, and circular polarizations are considered along with various sea states and radar depression angles. The results are considered to be useful for providing insight into effects of the sea on the polarization dependence of rain return. Effects of the earth's curvature and atmospheric refraction are neglected.     

局域增强系统级联双频平滑技术研究(英文)

针对电离层误差时间梯度和空间梯度对局域增强系统的不利影响,提出使用级联双频平滤波方法解决此问题。级联双频平滤波先使用一个双频平滑滤波器精确估计电离层误差,利用得到的估计值修正码伪距观测量中的电离层误差,再使用一个双频平滑滤波器削弱噪声。这样,电离层误差被完全从平滑过程中移出,由L2码观测量引入的附加的噪声也被压制。基于中国民航新航行系统实验室的局域增强系统测试平台所采集的数据对级联双频平滤波的有效性和基于级联双频平滤波的局域增强系统的精度进行了分析。结果表明级联双频平滤波技术可以同时消除电离层误差时间梯度和空间梯度导致的平滑滤波残差和差分校正残差,并具有较低的滤波噪声。     

二阶和四阶互模糊函数在工程中的时频性能比较

利用两种方法,即模糊函数和四阶累积量模糊函数对目标的两个主要参量TDOA(time-delay of arrival)和FDOA(frequency - delay of arrival)进行理论上精确的推导和实际应用中在工程上的估计,并且指出了两种方法在理论与实际应用中所得到的两种几乎截然不同的结果,并对其加以详细的分析,阐明了这种矛盾的根源之所在,并由给出的仿真结果对上述结论加以说明.     

谱估计测向的MUSIC算法研究

由天线阵对被测信号的响应矩阵的特征值,可得到对应于信号和噪声的特征向量,以此扩展成信号子空间和噪声子空间。利用信号子空间与噪声子空间的正交关系,即可求得信号方位角的估计值。这种空间谱估计测向的MUSIC算法,用于圆形天线阵对非相干信号进行测向,可以克服一般干涉仪测向体制中测向模糊和测向盲区的问题。     

多架无人机协同航路规划方法研究

根据敌方防御区域内雷达，导弹等威胁阵地的具体分布情况，采用划分Voronoi多边形的方法制订初始航路，然后对初始航路进行了合理的离散处理，最后采用动态链类比法调整航路，航程并对航路进行光顺处理，提出了一种协调多架无人机（UAVs）于同一时间到达目标点的航路规划方法，用数字仿真技术对该方法进行了验证，结果表明该方法是可行的。     

Further study of the Pencil-MUSIC algorithm

For finding 2-D angles and polarizations of waves arriving at a rectangular array of crossed dipoles, the Pencil-MUSIC method can achieve the near optimum performance with much less computational burden than the MUSIC (multiple signal classification). Following an angle-only ESPRIT (estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques) method, an angle-only Pencil-MUSIC can be easily formulated which is far more accurate than the former especially in the coherent case. The angle-only Pencil-MUSIC is analyzed and compared with the original Pencil-MUSIC. The new version sacrifices the polarization estimation to achieve about 8 times more efficient computation The accuracy of the new version seems no more than 4 times worse in terms of estimation deviation     

基于SVD的R-T-S最优平滑在机载SAR运动补偿POS系统中的应用

 机载合成孔径雷达（SAR）运动补偿用位置姿态系统（POS）的导航精度直接影响SAR成像的效果。为进一步提高POS的导航精度和数值稳定性,提出将基于奇异值分解（SVD）的Rauch-Tung-Striebel（R-T-S）最优固定区间平滑应用于POS后处理中。在基于SVD的前向卡尔曼滤波（KF）的基础上,进行了基于SVD的后向R-T-S最优固定区间平滑,获得位置、速度和姿态的最优估计。该方法将原算法中均方误差阵进行奇异值分解,不仅具有很好的数值稳定性和鲁棒性,而且避免了矩阵的求逆。半物理仿真结果表明,该方法在导航精度和数据平滑度上明显优于目前工程中应用的KF,是一种有效的事后处理方法。     

一种星敏感器-陀螺组合定姿的实时在轨标定方法

研究了一种星敏感器一陀螺组合定姿方式中的姿态敏感器误差的实时在轨标定方法。首先,选择直观的欧拉角作为姿态描述参数,根据星敏感器和陀螺的测量原理建立星敏感器一陀螺在轨标定的测量方程和状态方程,并以此建立数学模型。其次,采用简单高效的EKF（ExtendedKalmanFilter,扩展卡尔曼滤波）作为估值算法,进行了在轨标定数值仿真。对于航天器姿态定向中出现的姿态角和星敏感器安装角之间的耦合问题,通过在特定姿态通道上施加简单姿态机动实现了解耦。数值结果表明,该实时在轨标定方法,尤其是所提出的姿态角和星敏感器安装角解耦策略,可以实现对航天器姿态的实时精确估计以及对星敏感器安装误差、陀螺常值漂移和相关漂移等误差的实时在轨标定。该方法可用于航天器姿态测量设备的实时在轨标定和航天器姿态的高精度实时确定。