Spectral-domain covariance estimation with a priori knowledge

A knowledge-aided spectral-domain approach to estimating the interference covariance matrix used in space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is proposed. Prior knowledge of the range-Doppler clutter scene is used to identify geographic regions with homogeneous scattering statistics. Then, minimum-varia...

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Published inIEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 1010 - 1020
Main Authors Gurram, P.R., Goodman, N.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.07.2006
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Clutter
Covariance matrix
Estimates
Estimating
Interference
Layout
Maximum likelihood detection
Maximum likelihood estimation
Performance degradation
Radar scattering
Scattering
Signal detection
Signal processing
Spectra
Statistics
Training data
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Summary:A knowledge-aided spectral-domain approach to estimating the interference covariance matrix used in space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is proposed. Prior knowledge of the range-Doppler clutter scene is used to identify geographic regions with homogeneous scattering statistics. Then, minimum-variance spectral estimation is used to arrive at a spectral-domain clutter estimate. Finally, space-time steering vectors are used to transform the spectral-domain estimate into a data-domain estimate of the clutter covariance matrix. The proposed technique is compared with ideal performance and to the fast maximum likelihood technique using simulated results. An investigation of the performance degradation that can occur due to various inaccurate knowledge assumptions is also presented
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ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.2006.248209