Radar Detection and Parameter Estimation of High-Speed Target Based on MART-LVT

Abstract

Long-time coherent accumulation can effectively improve the detection and motion parameters estimation ability of radar for maneuvering weak target. Nevertheless, the range cell migration (RCM) and Doppler spread caused by high-speed maneuvering target may make the detection and estimation performance to degrade seriously. In this paper, a new coherent integration (CI) approach based on modified axis rotation transform (MART) and Lv's transform (LVT), i.e., MART-LVT, is proposed to achieve the detection and parameter estimation of target with high velocity and acceleration motion. The MART-LVT method can correct RCM via rotating the coordinate locations of echo data and obtain the CI and parameters estimation of target signal via LVT. In comparison with the existing representative coherent detection methods, MART-LVT can achieve better integration performance and detection probability. Simulations and real data demonstrate the effectiveness of MART-LVT.