Correlation filters for aircraft identification from radar range profiles

Author

Hudson, Scott ; Psaltis, Demetri

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

741

Lastpage

748

Abstract

The potential for identifying aircraft using one or more radar range profiles, in conjunction with a correlator, is investigated. Two types of filter which maximize the expected value of certain correlation peaks are described. The effectiveness of one type of filter was investigated in identification experiments using an extensive data set of real radar range profiles of 24 different aircraft. The results suggest that reliable identification is possible provided aircraft aspect information is used and identifications are based on multiple profiles

Keywords

aircraft; correlation methods; filters; identification; pattern recognition; remote sensing by radar; signal processing; aircraft identification; correlation filters; correlation peaks; effectiveness; multiple profiles; radar range profiles; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Correlators; Electromagnetic scattering; Filters; Fingerprint recognition; Optical scattering; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Radar tracking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/7.220924

Filename

220924