J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 136-141.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2011.01.022

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Estimation of a high-velocity target's motion parameters for a modulated frequency stepped radar

SUN Huixia;LIU Zheng;CAO Yunhe   

  1. (National Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2010-01-21 Online:2011-02-20 Published:2011-04-08
  • Contact: SUN Huixia E-mail:hxsun@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aiming at the motion compensation for the modulated stepped frequency radar signal echoed by a moving target, we develop a new method combining envelope correlation and the least burst error rule for estimating the velocity. First, the coarse velocity is measured by using envelope correlation, then the refined velocity is estimated by utilizing the least burst error rule based on the coarse velocity, which avoids the problem of the local minimum existing in the least burst error method. Simulation results indicate that the method can accomplish accurate estimation of target motion parameters with good anti-noise performance.

Key words: modulated frequency stepped radar, motion compensation, envelope correlation, least burst error