To avoid Doppler ambiguity,pulse Doppler radar may operate on a high pulse repetition frequency(PRF).The use of a high PRF can,however,lead to range ambiguity in many cases.At present,the major efficient solution to s...To avoid Doppler ambiguity,pulse Doppler radar may operate on a high pulse repetition frequency(PRF).The use of a high PRF can,however,lead to range ambiguity in many cases.At present,the major efficient solution to solve range ambiguity is based on a waveform design scheme.It adds complexity to a radar system.However,the traditional multiple-PRF-based scheme is difficult to be applied in multiple targets because of unknown correspondence between the target range and measured range,especially using the Chinese remainder theorem(CRT)algorithm.We make a study of the CRT algorithm for multiple targets when the residue set contains noise error.In this paper,we present a symmetry polynomial aided CRT algorithm to effectively achieve range estimation of multiple targets when the measured ranges are overlapped with noise error.A closed-form and robust CRT algorithm for single target and the Aitken acceleration algorithm for finding roots of a polynomial equation are used to decrease the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm.展开更多
Low-angle estimation for very high frequency(VHF)radar is a difficult problem due to the multipath effect in the radar field,especially in complex scenarios where the reflection condition is unknown.To deal with this ...Low-angle estimation for very high frequency(VHF)radar is a difficult problem due to the multipath effect in the radar field,especially in complex scenarios where the reflection condition is unknown.To deal with this problem,we propose an algorithm of target height and multipath attenuation joint estimation.The amplitude of the surface reflection coefficient is estimated by the characteristic of the data itself,and it is assumed that there is no reflected signal when the amplitude is very small.The phase of the surface reflection coefficient and the phase difference between the direct and reflected signals are searched as the same part,and this represents the multipath phase attenuation.The Cramer-Rao bound of the proposed algorithm is also derived.Finally,computer simulations and real data processing results show that the proposed algorithm has good estimation performance under complex scenarios and works well with only one snapshot.展开更多
基金supported by the Fund for Foreign Scholars in University Research and Teaching ProgramsChina(the 111 Project)(No.B18039)。
文摘To avoid Doppler ambiguity,pulse Doppler radar may operate on a high pulse repetition frequency(PRF).The use of a high PRF can,however,lead to range ambiguity in many cases.At present,the major efficient solution to solve range ambiguity is based on a waveform design scheme.It adds complexity to a radar system.However,the traditional multiple-PRF-based scheme is difficult to be applied in multiple targets because of unknown correspondence between the target range and measured range,especially using the Chinese remainder theorem(CRT)algorithm.We make a study of the CRT algorithm for multiple targets when the residue set contains noise error.In this paper,we present a symmetry polynomial aided CRT algorithm to effectively achieve range estimation of multiple targets when the measured ranges are overlapped with noise error.A closed-form and robust CRT algorithm for single target and the Aitken acceleration algorithm for finding roots of a polynomial equation are used to decrease the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm.
基金the Fund for Foreign Scholars in University Research and Teaching Programs(the 111 Project)(No.B18039)。
文摘Low-angle estimation for very high frequency(VHF)radar is a difficult problem due to the multipath effect in the radar field,especially in complex scenarios where the reflection condition is unknown.To deal with this problem,we propose an algorithm of target height and multipath attenuation joint estimation.The amplitude of the surface reflection coefficient is estimated by the characteristic of the data itself,and it is assumed that there is no reflected signal when the amplitude is very small.The phase of the surface reflection coefficient and the phase difference between the direct and reflected signals are searched as the same part,and this represents the multipath phase attenuation.The Cramer-Rao bound of the proposed algorithm is also derived.Finally,computer simulations and real data processing results show that the proposed algorithm has good estimation performance under complex scenarios and works well with only one snapshot.
