Hybrid integration method for highly maneuvering radar target detection based on a Markov motion model

To detect highly maneuvering radar targets in low signal-to-noise ratio conditions, a hybrid long-time integration method is proposed, which combines Radon-Fourier Transform(RFT), Dynamic Programming(DP), and Binary Integration(BI), named RFT-DP-BI. A Markov model with unified range-velocity quantification is formulated to describe the maneuvering target’s motion. Based on this model, long-time hybrid integration is performed. Firstly, the whole integration time is divided into multiple time segments and coherent integration is performed in each segment via RFT. Secondly, non-coherent integration is performed in all segments via DP. Thirdly, 2/4 binary integration is performed to further improve the detection performance. Finally, the detection results are exported together with target range and velocity trajectories. The proposed method can perform the long-time integration of highly maneuvering targets with arbitrary forms of motion.Additionally, it has a low computational cost that is linear to the integration time. Both simulated and real radar data demonstrate that it offers good detection and estimation performances.

SAR target detection based on the optimal fractional Gabor spectrum feature

In this paper,an algorithm based on a fractional time-frequency spectrum feature is proposed to improve the accuracy of synthetic aperture radar(SAR)target detection.By extending the fractional Gabor transform(FrGT)into two dimensions,the fractional time-frequency spectrum feature of an image can be obtained.In the achievement process,we search for the optimal order and design the optimal window function to accomplish the two-dimensional optimal FrGT.Finally,the energy attenuation gradient(EAG)feature of the optimal time-frequency spectrum is extracted for high-frequency detection.The simulation results show the proposed algorithm has a good performance in SAR target detection and lays the foundation for recognition.

Radar fast long-time coherent integration via TR-SKT and robust sparse FRFT

Long-time coherent integration(LTCI)is an effective way for radar maneuvering target detection,but it faces the problem of a large number of search parameters and large amount of calculation.Realizing the simultaneous compensation of the range and Doppler migrations in complex clutter back-ground,and at the same time improving the calculation efficiency has become an urgent problem to be solved.The sparse transformation theory is introduced to LTCI in this paper,and a non-parametric searching sparse LTCI(SLTCI)based maneuvering target detection method is proposed.This method performs time reversal(TR)and second-order Keystone transform(SKT)in the range frequency&slow-time data to complete high-order range walk compensation,and achieves the coherent integra-tion of maneuvering target across range and Doppler units via the robust sparse fractional Fourier transform(RSFRFT).It can compensate for the nonlinear range migration caused by high-order motion.S-band and X-band radar data measured in sea clutter background are used to verify the detection performance of the proposed method,which can achieve better detection performance of maneuvering targets with less computational burden compared with several popular integration methods.