J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 187-194.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2012.06.031

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Approach to along-track velocity estimation via improved matched filter banks

XU Ruipeng1,2,3;HU Donghui1,3;DING Chibiao1,3;ZHANG Dandan1,3;LIU Haijun22   

  1. (1. Inst. of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sci., Beijing  100190, China;
    2. Beijing Inst. of Electronic System Eng., Beijing  100854, China;
    3. Key Lab. of Spatial Information Processing and Application System Tech., Chinese Academy of Sci., Beijing  100190, China)
  • Received:2011-08-23 Online:2012-12-20 Published:2013-01-17
  • Contact: XU Ruipeng E-mail:xuruipeng10@hotmail.com

Abstract:

Conventional approaches to the along-track velocity estimation are affected by the serious range walk which is induced by the fast across-track velocity. A novel approach via improved matched filter banks is used to solve the aforementioned problem. The proposed approach analyzes the signal expression of moving targets in different domains. In the range frequency and Doppler frequency domain, both the linear frequency modulation in the azimuth direction and the range walk are exhibited in the same exponential term. We can construct filter banks with different along-track velocities in this domain to match the filter. As a result, the along-track velocity can be estimated by searching the peak magnitude. Comparing to conventional approaches, the approach to the along-track velocity estimation is independent of across-track velocity estimation. Moreover, it is not affected by the range walk. The proposed approach can be applied to both airborne and spaceborne SAR systems. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach are demonstrated by simulated and real data.

Key words: synthetic aperture radar (SAR), parameter estimation, matched filter banks, Doppler ambiguity number

CLC Number: 

  • TN957