Title :
A switching constant false alarm rate technique for high frequency surface wave radar
Author :
Lu, X. ; Wang, J. ; Dizaji, R. ; Ding, Z. ; Ponsford, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Victoria, BC, Canada
Abstract :
A novel constant false alarm rate (CFAR) technique is proposed as a near optimal solution for detection in mixed homogeneous and nonhomogeneous environments. This CFAR technique explores both the advantages of cell averaging CFAR and order statistics CFAR detectors. We introduce a criterion to derive a near-optimal target detector for high frequency surface wave radar. The effectiveness of the new technique is demonstrated by comparing its performance with traditional CFAR technique using data collected from the HFSWR network on the east coast of Canada.
Keywords :
marine radar; radar detection; radar theory; search radar; Canada; HFSWR network; cell averaging CFAR; constant false alarm rate; high frequency surface wave radar; homogeneous environments; near optimal solution; nonhomogeneous environments; order statistics CFAR detectors; radar detection; switching technique; Clutter; Data mining; Detectors; Doppler radar; Frequency; Radar detection; Radar tracking; Sensor arrays; Statistics; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004. Canadian Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8253-6
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2004.1347644
