Radar High-Speed Target Detection Based on the Scaled Inverse Fourier Transform

Abstract

In this paper, by employing the symmetric autocorrelation function and the scaled inverse Fourier transform (SCIFT), a coherent detection algorithm is proposed for high-speed targets. This coherent detection algorithm is simple and can be easily implemented by using complex multiplications, the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and the inverse FFT (IFFT). Compared to the Hough transform and the keystone transform, this coherent detection algorithm can detect high-speed targets without the brute-force searching of unknown motion parameters and achieve a good balance between the computational cost and the antinoise performance. Through simulations and analyses for synthetic models and the real data, we verify the effectiveness of the proposed coherent detection algorithm.