Title
An extended processing scheme for coherent integration and parameter estimation based on matched filtering in passive radar.
Abstract
In passive radars, coherent integration is an essential method to achieve processing gain for target detection. The cross ambiguity function (CAF) and the method based on matched filtering are the most common approaches. The method based on matched filtering is an approximation to CAF and the procedure is: (1) divide the signal into snapshots; (2) perform matched filtering on each snapshot; (3) perform fast Fourier transform (FFT) across the snapshots. The matched filtering method is computationally affordable and can offer savings of an order of 1000 times in execution speed over that of CAF. However, matched filtering suffers from severe energy loss for high speed targets. In this paper we concentrate mainly on the matched filtering method and we use keystone transform to rectify range migration. Several factors affecting the performance of coherent integration are discussed based on the matched filtering method and keystone transform. Modified methods are introduced to improve the performance by analyzing the impacts of mismatching, precision of the keystone transform, and discretization. The modified discrete chirp Fourier transform (MDCFT) is adopted to rectify the Doppler expansion in a multi-target scenario. A novel velocity estimation method is proposed, and an extended processing scheme presented. Simulations show that the proposed algorithms improve the performance of matched filtering for high speed targets.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1631/jzus.C1400074
Journal of Zhejiang University: Science C
Keywords
Field
DocType
Keystone transform, Matched filtering, MDCFT, Mismatching, Passive radar, Velocity estimation, TN958.97
Ambiguity function,Control theory,Computer science,Filter (signal processing),Algorithm,Speech recognition,Fourier transform,Fast Fourier transform,Chirp,Estimation theory,Matched filter,Passive radar
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
11
1869-196X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
7
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xin Guan101.35
Lihua Zhong2113.93
Donghui Hu317116.73
Chi-biao Ding4166.83
Chi-biao Ding5166.83
Chi-biao Ding6166.83
Donghui Hu792.24
Donghui Hu892.24