Title
Instantaneous altitude estimation of maneuvering target in over-the-horizon radar exploiting multipath Doppler signatures.
Abstract
Over-the-horizon radar systems are capable of localizing targets in range and azimuth but are unable to achieve reliable altitude estimation. Past work has shown that the time-varying Doppler signatures of micro-multipath signals provide rich information for reliable estimation of altitude changes. In this paper, we develop a new technique for the estimation of instantaneous altitude of maneuvering targets by exploiting the estimated multicomponent Doppler signatures. A key contribution of this paper is to apply effective non-stationary signal analysis techniques for estimating the time-varying Doppler signature of each individual multipath. This enables reliable target altitude estimation in an extended Kalman filter setup. The maximum a-posteriori criterion is used for the estimation of initial target states.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1186/1687-6180-2013-100
EURASIP J. Adv. Sig. Proc.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Over-the-horizon radar, Time-frequency analysis, Multipath exploitation, Target tracking, Extended Kalman filter
Journal
2013
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1687-6180
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yimin Zhang11536130.17
Jun Jason Zhang212218.78
Moeness Amin32909287.79
Braham Himed468657.96