Axis rotation MTD algorithm for weak target detection

作者:Rao, Xuan*; Tao, Haihong; Su, Jia; Guo, Xiaolu; Zhang, Jinze
来源:Digital Signal Processing, 2014, 26: 81-86.
DOI:10.1016/j.dsp.2013.12.003

摘要

Weak target's range migration often happens for long time integration in radar detection. To compensate for linear range migration and detect weak targets effectively, a novel coherent integration detection algorithm, axis rotation moving target detection (AR-MTD), is proposed. The AR-MTD eliminates the linear range migration by rotating two-dimensional echoes data plane, and realizes coherent integration via moving target detection (MTD). As the target's resident time in a single range cell increases, the integration gain is improved clearly. Numerical experiments are presented to verify the reduction in the computational complexity of AR-MTD by selecting the velocity variation regions. Also, it is shown that the detection probability of AR-MTD is improved by nearly 20% when input signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is -40 dB.