Title :
Noncoherent summation of multiple reduced-rank test statistics for frequency-hopped STAP
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
fDate :
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new noncoherent CFAR detection algorithm for STAP radar is developed, which noncoherently integrates a number of coherent, reduced-rank, CFAR tests developed by the authors in a previous paper. This new noncoherent detection criterion provides a significant improvement in detection performance with no need to increase the transmitter power
Keywords :
radar detection; space-time adaptive processing; spread spectrum radar; statistical analysis; coherent CFAR test; detection performance; frequency-hopped STAP radar; multiple reduced-rank test statistics; noncoherent CFAR detection algorithm; noncoherent detection criterion; noncoherent summation; reduced-rank CFAR test; simulation experiment; transmitter power; Detection algorithms; Frequency; Performance analysis; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Signal analysis; Statistical analysis; Testing; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
