Method for Micro-motion Target Recognition and Motion Parameter Extraction Based on Time-frequency Analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1812-1817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Hong-wei Liu
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Stevens

Low probability of intercept radar signals, which are often problematic to detect and characterize, have as their goal ‘to see and not be seen’. Digital intercept receivers are currently moving away from Fourier-based analysis and towards classical time-frequency analysis techniques for the purpose of analyzing these low probability of intercept radar signals. Although these classical time-frequency analysis techniques are an improvement over existing Fourier-based techniques, they still suffer from a lack of readability –which can be caused by poor time-frequency localization (such as the spectrogram), which may in turn lead to inaccurate detection and parameter extraction. In this study, the reassignment method, because of its ability to improve time-frequency localization, is proposed as an improved signal analysis technique to address the poor time-frequency localization deficiency of the spectrogram. This paper presents the novel approach of characterizing low probability of intercept frequency hopping radar signals through utilization and direct comparison of the spectrogram versus the reassigned spectrogram.


1997 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatake Kawada ◽  
Masakazu Wada ◽  
Zen-Ichiro Kawasaki ◽  
Kenji Matsu-ura ◽  
Makoto Kawasaki

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