A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment

Abstract To improve the clutter suppression performance of airborne radar in heterogeneous environment, a robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing (STAP) method called RRSRW is proposed here. First, some target‐free training samples around the cell under test (CUT) a...

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Main Authors: Hao Xiao, Tong Wang, Shuguang Zhang, Cai Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
Series:IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12034
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author Hao Xiao
Tong Wang
Shuguang Zhang
Cai Wen
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Tong Wang
Shuguang Zhang
Cai Wen
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description Abstract To improve the clutter suppression performance of airborne radar in heterogeneous environment, a robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing (STAP) method called RRSRW is proposed here. First, some target‐free training samples around the cell under test (CUT) are selected and the corresponding clutter dictionary matrices are constructed using the radar system parameters. Then, the clutter patch amplitudes and array error for selected training samples are simultaneously estimated through the formulated constrained least squares problem. Subsequently, based on the covariance matching estimation criterion, the local weighting coefficients for selected training samples are estimated by the redesigned convex optimisation problem. Finally, the STAP weight vector is calculated to process the CUT data. The proposed method is robust to array error and can effectively protect the moving targets in CUT data, which is free of hyper‐parameters and has global convergence properties. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed RRSRW method can effectively suppress the strong ground clutter and greatly improve the detection performance of moving targets in heterogeneous environment.
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spelling doaj.art-0febb53091ac461e8b22b218f57d7a132022-12-22T03:15:43ZengWileyIET Radar, Sonar & Navigation1751-87841751-87922021-03-0115331032210.1049/rsn2.12034A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environmentHao Xiao0Tong Wang1Shuguang Zhang2Cai Wen3National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing Xidian University Xi'an People's Republic of ChinaNational Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing Xidian University Xi'an People's Republic of ChinaNational Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing Xidian University Xi'an People's Republic of ChinaSchool of Information Science and Technology Northwest University Xi'an People's Republic of ChinaAbstract To improve the clutter suppression performance of airborne radar in heterogeneous environment, a robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing (STAP) method called RRSRW is proposed here. First, some target‐free training samples around the cell under test (CUT) are selected and the corresponding clutter dictionary matrices are constructed using the radar system parameters. Then, the clutter patch amplitudes and array error for selected training samples are simultaneously estimated through the formulated constrained least squares problem. Subsequently, based on the covariance matching estimation criterion, the local weighting coefficients for selected training samples are estimated by the redesigned convex optimisation problem. Finally, the STAP weight vector is calculated to process the CUT data. The proposed method is robust to array error and can effectively protect the moving targets in CUT data, which is free of hyper‐parameters and has global convergence properties. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed RRSRW method can effectively suppress the strong ground clutter and greatly improve the detection performance of moving targets in heterogeneous environment.https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12034
spellingShingle Hao Xiao
Tong Wang
Shuguang Zhang
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A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation
title A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
title_full A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
title_fullStr A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
title_full_unstemmed A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
title_short A robust refined training sample reweighting space–time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
title_sort robust refined training sample reweighting space time adaptive processing method for airborne radar in heterogeneous environment
url https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12034
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