A Software-Defined Radar for Low-Altitude Slow-Moving Small Targets Detection Using Transmit Beam Control

Low-altitude slow-moving small (LSS) targets are defined as flying at altitudes less than 1000 m with speeds less than 55 m/s and a radar crossing-section (RCS) less than 2 m2. The detection performance of ground-based radar using the LSS target detection technique can be significantly deteriorated...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-07, Vol.15 (13), p.3371
Main Authors: Cai, Lingping, Qian, Haonan, Xing, Linger, Zou, Yang, Qiu, Linkang, Liu, Zihan, Tian, Sirui, Li, Hongtao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ablation
Accuracy
Adaptive control
adaptive waveform generation
Algorithms
Altitude
Clutter
Control algorithms
Control theory
Design
Doppler effect
False alarms
Low altitude
LSS target detection
Methods
Optimization
Phased arrays
Radar
Radar arrays
Radar detection
Radar equipment
Radar systems
Remote sensing
Scanning devices
Sensors
Signal processing
Software
software-defined radar
Target detection
Tornadoes
transmit beam control
Waveform generators
Waveforms
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Summary:Low-altitude slow-moving small (LSS) targets are defined as flying at altitudes less than 1000 m with speeds less than 55 m/s and a radar crossing-section (RCS) less than 2 m2. The detection performance of ground-based radar using the LSS target detection technique can be significantly deteriorated by the diversity of LSS targets, background clutter, and the occurrence of false alarms caused by multipath interference. To address the LSS target detection problem, we have devised a novel two-dimensional electronic scanning active phased array radar system that is implemented in the software-defined radar architecture and propose a transmit beam control algorithm based on the low peak-to-average ratio (PAPR). Meanwhile, we devised a flexible arbitrary radar waveform generator to adapt to complex environmental situations. Field experiment results effectively demonstrate that our radar can be used to detect LSS targets. Moreover, an ablation experiment was conducted to verify the role played by transmit beam control and adaptive waveform optimization and generation in improving the system performance.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs15133371