Moving target indication

About: Moving target indication is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2653 publications have been published within this topic receiving 32435 citations.

Holographic Surveillance Radar

Abstract: Since the 1940s, radar development has focused on narrow-beam, scanning sensors. A wide field of view has advantages in terms of extended acquisition time for any target, and when combined with a high Doppler sampling frequency can yield high-resolution Doppler spectra. Unambiguous range and Doppler can be achieved under certain circumstances, resulting in enhanced ability to evaluate the characteristics of targets and clutter. Holographic radar has a range of applications in which the ability to discriminate targets among clutter is key. An example of such an application is in mitigation of wind farm interference with Air Traffic Control radar.

System and method for simulating targets for a radar receiver utilizing an optical link

Abstract: Both a system and a method for simulating targets for a radar system is disclosed herein which generally comprises a test target generator having an input slaved to the pulse transmit frequencies of the radar system for generating a target simulating signal, a horn antenna for emitting the target simulating signal back to the radar receiver, a laser-operated optical transmission link having a single mode fiber optic cable for transmitting the target simulating signal from the test target generator to the horn antenna via optical carrier, and an amplification and processing circuit system connected between the output of the optical transmission link and the input of the horn antenna for increasing the amplitude of the target simulating signal to a level that is detectable by the radar receiver, and for further processing the signal. The test target generator also generates control signals indicative of a desired amplitude of the resulting target simulating signal, and the system preferably includes a controller in the form of a microprocessor whose input receives the control signal generated by the target generator, and whose output is connected to the amplifier system of the amplification and processing circuit. A phase shift circuit may be included in the processing circuit for both compensating for phase distortions that result from the impedances inherent in the remote transmission of the target simulating signal, and for providing a further means for selectively modifying the signature characteristics of the target simulating signal.

Joint Doppler and polarization characterization of moving targets

Abstract: In through-the-wall imaging radar systems, the synthesized images may not provide sufficient range and cross-range resolution for visual classification and identification of the targets. Target movement and target Doppler characteristics can be used to combat resolution limitations and improve object discrimination. However, slowly moving targets and targets moving perpendicular to the incident waves render target motion ineffective in high-resolution imaging. We utilize the target's polarization properties and introduce time-varying polarization signature estimation based on polarization time-frequency distribution.

First Spaceborne SAR-GMTI Experimental Results for the Chinese Gaofen-3 Dual-Channel SAR Sensor

Abstract: In spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, it is a challenging task to detect ground slow-moving targets against strong clutter background with limited spatial channels and restricted pulse repetition frequency (PRF). In this paper, we evaluate the image-based dual-channel SAR-ground moving target indication (SAR-GMTI) workflow for the Gaofen-3 SAR sensor and analyze the impact of strong azimuth ambiguities on GMTI when the displaced phase center antenna (DPCA) condition is not fully satisfied, which has not been demonstrated yet. An effective sliding window design technique based on system parameters analysis is proposed to deal with azimuth ambiguities and reduce false alarm. In the SAR-GMTI experiments, co-registration, clutter suppression, constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detector, vector velocity estimation and moving target relocation are analyzed and discussed thoroughly. With the real measured data of the Gaofen-3 dual-channel SAR sensor, the GMTI capability of this sensor is demonstrated and the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified.

Non-linear automatic target tracking in clutter using dynamic Gaussian mixture

Abstract: This study presents a complete algorithm for single target tracking in clutter, which addresses simultaneously: non-linear measurements; uncertain target detections; presence of random clutter measurements; and uncertain target existence. Proposed algorithm generalises the integrated track splitting (ITS) filter by extending the ITS functionality to highly non-linear measurements. The non-linear target tracking and estimation problems may also be solved by application of particle filters, albeit incurring a significant computational expense relative to proposed solution. In an environment without data association uncertainties proposed filter becomes a non-linear estimator.