• DocumentCode
    1421348
  • Title

    Detection and Estimation of LFMCW Radar Signals

  • Author

    Geroleo, Francis G. ; Brandt-pearce, Maite

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of the Army, US Dept. of Defense, Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    405
  • Lastpage
    418
  • Abstract
    The Wigner-Ville Hough transform (WVHT) is suboptimal in the detection and parameter estimation of linear frequency-modulated (LFM) continuous wave (LFMCW) low probability of intercept (LPI) radar waveforms because they are composed of concatenated LFM pulses. We formulate the detection and estimation problem to take into account the multiple pulses that are available in an observation interval at the intercept receiver. The new algorithm, called the periodic WVHT (PWVHT), significantly outperforms the WVHT for LFMCW signals.
  • Keywords
    CW radar; Hough transforms; modulation; probability; radar signal processing; signal detection; LFMCW radar signals detection; LFMCW radar signals estimation; LPI radar waveforms; WVHT; Wigner-Ville Hough transform; linear frequency-modulated continuous wave; low probability of intercept radar waveforms; Chirp; Estimation; Radar detection; Signal to noise ratio; Time frequency analysis; Transforms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2012.6129644
  • Filename
    6129644