Stochastic Model Based Radar Waveform Design for Weapon Detection

We consider signature exploitation based waveform design for detection of weapons with a single-antenna monostatic radar. In order to account for the target signature variation with orientation and aspect angle, we model the target impulse response as a random process. For a weapon target, we show t...

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Published inIEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 1815 - 1826
Main Authors Ahmad, F., Amin, M. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.04.2012
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Air traffic control
Clutter
Design engineering
Impulse response
Noise
Radar
Radar detection
Radar imaging
Signatures
Stochastic processes
Stochasticity
Waveforms
Weapons
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Summary:We consider signature exploitation based waveform design for detection of weapons with a single-antenna monostatic radar. In order to account for the target signature variation with orientation and aspect angle, we model the target impulse response as a random process. For a weapon target, we show that the stochastic model based waveform significantly outperforms the commonly used chirp waveform in terms of the signal-to-clutter-and-noise ratio (SCNR) at the output of the receive filter, leading to an enhanced detection performance.
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ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.2012.6178104