Multistatic micro-Doppler radar feature extraction for classification of unloaded/loaded micro-drones

• Published in: IET radar, sonar & navigation Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 116 - 124
• Main Authors: Ritchie, Matthew, Fioranelli, Francesco, Borrion, Hervé, Griffiths, Hugh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 01.01.2017
• Subjects: autonomous aerial vehicles; Classification; Cross sections; Doppler radar; Feature extraction; Hovering; microDoppler signatures; microdrones; multistatic information; multistatic microDoppler radar feature extraction; Navigation; Payloads; Radar; radar cross‐section; radar cross‐sections; radar detection; Radar signatures; Research Article; singular value decomposition; microdrones; microDoppler signatures; radar detection; autonomous aerial vehicles; feature extraction; radar cross-sections; Doppler radar; radar cross-section; singular value decomposition; multistatic microDoppler radar feature extraction; multistatic information

This study presents the use of micro-Doppler signatures collected by a multistatic radar to detect and discriminate between micro-drones hovering and flying while carrying different payloads, which may be an indication of unusual or potentially hostile activities. Different features have been extrac...