WU Xiao-fang, LIU Yang, WANG Xue-song and LU Huan-zhang. Feature Extraction of Wide-Band Micro Motions Based on Stepped-Frequency Radar Time-Range Profiles[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2009, 37(7): 1416-1421.
DOI:
WU Xiao-fang, LIU Yang, WANG Xue-song and LU Huan-zhang. Feature Extraction of Wide-Band Micro Motions Based on Stepped-Frequency Radar Time-Range Profiles[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2009, 37(7): 1416-1421.DOI:
Feature Extraction of Wide-Band Micro Motions Based on Stepped-Frequency Radar Time-Range Profiles
The echo of stepped-frequency pulse series for the point target with rotation
as well as the micro-motion’s influence on one-dimensional range profile
is analyzed in detail.The time-range profile can be synthesized by utilizing slow-time correlations between frames.The varying laws of the range for the rotary point target and the target position in range profiles are contrastively analyzed.Based on this time-range profile
a novel feature extraction method of wideband micro motions is presented
and the theoretical expressions of micro-motion parameters
such as rotation center
rotation radius and angle velocity
are given.The theoretical precision of the micro-motion feature extraction method is deduced.Finally
to verify the results
the outfield experiments of two reflectors with symmetrical rotations are successfully designed and operated for the ground-based millimeter stepped-frequency radar.The idea can be extended to the feature extraction of multiple kinds of motions for stepped-frequency radar
such as vibration and tumbling
and can be adopted in other high resolution radar systems with linear frequency modulation signals.