• DocumentCode
    1765617
  • Title

    Improving EFA-STAP performance using persymmetric covariance matrix estimation

  • Author

    Yalong Tong ; Tong Wang ; Jianxin Wu

  • Author_Institution
    Xidian Univ., Xi´an, China
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    42095
  • Firstpage
    924
  • Lastpage
    936
  • Abstract
    This paper deals with the estimation of the clutter covariance matrix in airborne radar space-time adaptive processing (STAP). Based on the persymmetry property, a novel STAP method, referred to as persymmetric extended factored processing (Per-EFA), is derived, which can make a more intensive use of the secondary data and improve the STAP performance in training-limited scenarios. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of this method.
  • Keywords
    airborne radar; covariance matrices; radar clutter; radar signal processing; space-time adaptive processing; EFA-STAP performance; Per-EFA; airborne radar space-time adaptive processing; persymmetric clutter covariance matrix estimation; persymmetric extended factored processing; training-limited scenario; Airborne radar; Arrays; Clutter; Covariance matrices; Doppler effect; Estimation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2015.130264
  • Filename
    7126154