J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 454-458+546.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2010.03.012

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Knowledge-aided space-time adaptive detection method

ZHOU Yu;ZHANG Lin-rang;LIU Nan;LIU Xin   

  1. (Key Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2009-01-04 Online:2010-06-20 Published:2010-07-23
  • Contact: ZHOU Yu E-mail:zhouyu@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

The heterogeneous clutter results in insufficiency of available secondary data in radar Space-Time adaptive detection. To solve the problem, this paper deals with the design and the analysis of adaptive detector by exploring the Knowledge-based (KB) processing technique. Considering the theory that the outer product of independent identical Gaussian distribution vectors is the Wishart distribution, the covariance matrix in the Wald detector is assumed to be inverse Wishart distribution. The parameter matrix can be obtained by exploring the sensed environment. The proposed Knowledge-based Wald detector makes use of information from both secondary data and prior knowledge available about the sensed environment. Results show that noticeable performance improvements can be obtained especially when only a small number of secondary data is available.

Key words: space-time adaptive processing, Wald test, prior knowledge, inverse Wishart distribution