THE INFLUENCE OF SPECKLE ON HIGH RESOLUTION RANGE PROFILE RECOGNITION BASED ON THE MATCHING SCORE

Template database is the key to radar automation target recognition based on High Resolution Range Profile (HRRP). From the traditional perspective, average HRRP is a valid template for it can represent each HRRP without scatterer Moving Through Range Cell (MTRC). However, template database based on this assumption is always challenged by measured data. One reason is that speckle happens in the frame without scatterer MTRC. Speckle makes HRRP fluctuate sharply and not match well with the average HRRP. We precisely introduce the formation mechanism of speckle. Then, we make an insight into the principle of matching score. Based on the conclusion, we study the properties of matching score between speckled HRRP and the average HRRP. The theoretical analysis and Monte Carlo experimental results demonstrate that speckle makes HRRP not to match well with the average HRRP according to the energy ratio of speckled scatterers. On the assumption of ideal scattering centre model, speckled HRRP has a matching score less than 85% with the average HRRP if speckled scatterers occupy more than 50% energy of the target.

Radar Imaging of Sidelobe Suppression Based on Sparse Regularization

Synthetic aperture radar based on the matched filter theory has the ability of obtaining two-di- mensional image of the scattering areas. Nevertheless, the resolution and sidelobe level of SAR imaging is limited by the antenna length and bandwidth of transmitted signal. However, for sparse signals (direct or indirect), sparse imaging methods can break through limitations of the conventional SAR methods. In this paper, we introduce the basic theory of sparse representation and reconstruction, and then analyze several common sparse imaging algorithms: the greed algorithm, the convex optimization algorithm. We apply some of these algorithms into SAR imaging using RadBasedata. The results show the presented method based on sparse construction theory outperforms the conventional SAR method based on MF theory.

Extended ambiguity function for bistatic MIMO radar

This paper derives the extended ambiguity function for a bistatic multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） radar system, which includes the whole radar system parameters： geometric sensor configuration, waveforms, range, range rate, target scattering and noise characteristics. Recent research indicates the potential pa- rameter estimate performance of bistatic MIMO radars. And this ambiguity function can be used to analyze the parameter estimate performance for the relationship with the Cramer-Rao bounds of the estimated parameters. Finally, some examples are given to demonstrate the good parameter estimate performance of the bistatic MIMO radar, using the quasi-orthogonal waveforms based on Lorenz chaotic systems.

Grouping bi-chi-squared method for pulsar navigation experiment using observations of Rossi X-ray timing explorer

X-ray pulsar-based navigation is a revolutionary technology which is capable of providing the required navigation information in the solar system. Performing as an important pulsar-based navigation technique, the Significance Enhancement of Pulse-profile with Orbit-dynamics(SEPO)can estimate orbital elements by using the distortion of pulse profile. Based on the SEPO technique,we propose a grouping bi-chi-squared technique and adopt the observations of Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer(RXTE) to carry out experimental verification. The pulsar timing is refined to determine spin parameters of the Crab pulsar(PSR B0531+21) during the observation periods, and a short-term dynamic model for RXTE satellite is established by considering the effects of diverse perturbations.Experimental results suggest that the position and velocity errors are 16.3 km(3σ) and 13.3 m/s(3σ) with two adjacent observations split by one day(exposure time of 1.5 ks), outperforming those of the POLAR experiment whose results are 19.2 km(3σ) and 432 m/s(3σ). The approach provided is particularly applicable to the estimation of orbital elements via using high-flux observations.

Analysis about the speckle of radar high resolution range profile

The aspect sensitivity is the main problem in radar automatic target recognition using high resolution range profile (HRRP). In the traditional viewpoint,HRRPs are assumed to be highly similar if the aspect variation is not enough to cause range migration. However,some experiments in anechoic chambers don’t agree with the assumption. Particularly,some abnormal HRRPs often occur in the measured data. Based on the scattering center model,this paper focuses on the reason of abnormal HRRP,which is named as the speckle. The theoretical model of speckle is established and the "spurious dual peaks" feature of the speckled HRRP is analyzed. Then the occurrence condition of speckle is concluded,and so is the relationship between the speckle probability in HRRP and radar carrier frequency. At last,the experiment in an anechoic chamber is used to verify all the analyses about the speckle.