Traditionally,beamforming using fractional Fourier transform（FrFT） involves a trial-and-error based FrFT order selection which is impractical.A new numerical order selection scheme is presented based on fractional p...Traditionally,beamforming using fractional Fourier transform（FrFT） involves a trial-and-error based FrFT order selection which is impractical.A new numerical order selection scheme is presented based on fractional power spectra（FrFT moment） of the linear chirp signal.This method can adaptively determine the optimum FrFT order by maximizing the second-order central FrFT moment.This makes the desired chirp signal substantially concentrated whereas the noise is rejected considerably.This improves the mean square error minimization beamformer by reducing effectively the signal-noise cross terms due to the finite data length de-correlation operation.Simulation results show that the new method works well under a wide range of signal to noise ratio and signal to interference ratio.展开更多
Recent advances in electronics have increased the complexity of radar signal modulation.The quasi-linear frequency modulation(quasi-LFM)radar waveforms(LFM,Frank code,P1−P4 code)have similar time-frequency distributio...Recent advances in electronics have increased the complexity of radar signal modulation.The quasi-linear frequency modulation(quasi-LFM)radar waveforms(LFM,Frank code,P1−P4 code)have similar time-frequency distributions,and it is difficult to identify such signals using traditional time-frequency analysis methods.To solve this problem,this paper proposes an algorithm for automatic recognition of quasi-LFM radar waveforms based on fractional Fourier transform and time-frequency analysis.First of all,fractional Fourier transform and the Wigner-Ville distribution(WVD)are used to determine the number of main ridgelines and the tilt angle of the target component in WVD.Next,the standard deviation of the target component's width in the signal's WVD is calculated.Finally,an assembled classifier using neural network is built to recognize different waveforms by automatically combining the three features.Simulation results show that the overall recognition rate of the proposed algorithm reaches 94.17%under 0 dB.When the training data set and the test data set are mixed with noise,the recognition rate reaches 89.93%.The best recognition accuracy is achieved when the size of the training set is taken as 400.The algorithm complexity can meet the requirements of real-time recognition.展开更多
The mismatch between echo and replica caused by underwater moving target(UMT)'s radial velocity degrades the detection performance of the matched filter(MF)for the linear frequency modulation(LFM)signal.By using t...The mismatch between echo and replica caused by underwater moving target(UMT)'s radial velocity degrades the detection performance of the matched filter(MF)for the linear frequency modulation(LFM)signal.By using the focusing property of fractional Fourier transform(FRFT)to that signal,a detection algorithm for UMT's LFM echo based on the discrete fractional Fourier transform(DFRFT)is proposed.This algorithm is less affected by the target's radial velocity compared with the other MF detection algorithm utilizing zero radial velocity replica(ZRVR),and the mathematical relation between the output peak positions of these two algorithms exists in the case of existence of target echo.The algorithm can also estimate the target distance by using this relation.The simulation and experiment show that this algorithm'sdetection performance is better than or equivalent to that of the other MF algorithm utilizing ZRVR for the LFM echo of UMT with unknown radial velocity under reverberation noise background.展开更多
Fractional Fourier transform(FRFT)is a linear transform generalizing Fourier transform(FT)that plays an important role in the field of signal processing and analysis.FRFT contains an adjustable parameterα,which it ro...Fractional Fourier transform(FRFT)is a linear transform generalizing Fourier transform(FT)that plays an important role in the field of signal processing and analysis.FRFT contains an adjustable parameterα,which it rotates the signal in the time frequency plane and represents the signal in an intermediate domain between time and frequency.FRFT provides a measure about the angular distribution of signal’s energy in time frequency plane.FT is a special case of FRFT when angleαis equal toπ/2.This paper presents mathematical model for obtaining FRFT of PC6 window function.The different parameters of this window function are also obtained with the help of simulation results.A comparison of window function parameters is presented using FT and FRFT.Also comparison of this window function with Hanning window function is presented in terms of Side Lobe Fall off Rate(SLFOR).For different values of FRFT order,PC6 window function shows variation in different parameters.Thus by changing the FRFT order,the minimum stop band attenuation of the resulting window function can be controlled.展开更多
针对Chirp基调制信号在分数阶傅里叶变换域特征明显,信号周期易被检测等问题,提出一种能够实现多域隐蔽的低检测概率(low probability of detection,LPD)波形构造方法。该方法采用分数阶傅里叶变换跳频(fractional Fourier transform-fr...针对Chirp基调制信号在分数阶傅里叶变换域特征明显,信号周期易被检测等问题,提出一种能够实现多域隐蔽的低检测概率(low probability of detection,LPD)波形构造方法。该方法采用分数阶傅里叶变换跳频(fractional Fourier transform-frequency hopping,FrFT-FH)架构,在不改变Chirp信号扩频增益的前提下,通过时宽分割和重组(time width division and reorganization,TDR),降低信号在分数阶傅里叶变换域和周期域的能量聚敛特性。仿真结果表明,相较于现有LPD波形只能实现单一特征域隐蔽的问题,所提波形在不影响系统通信性能的前提下,面对频域检测、分数阶傅里叶变换域检测、周期域检测多种检测手段,在10 dB信噪比条件下的信号检测概率均低于0.2,满足系统在不同特征域下的LPD需求。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (606720846060203760736006)
文摘Traditionally,beamforming using fractional Fourier transform（FrFT） involves a trial-and-error based FrFT order selection which is impractical.A new numerical order selection scheme is presented based on fractional power spectra（FrFT moment） of the linear chirp signal.This method can adaptively determine the optimum FrFT order by maximizing the second-order central FrFT moment.This makes the desired chirp signal substantially concentrated whereas the noise is rejected considerably.This improves the mean square error minimization beamformer by reducing effectively the signal-noise cross terms due to the finite data length de-correlation operation.Simulation results show that the new method works well under a wide range of signal to noise ratio and signal to interference ratio.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91538201)the Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province(ts201511020)the project supported by Chinese National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Information System Security(6142111190404).
文摘Recent advances in electronics have increased the complexity of radar signal modulation.The quasi-linear frequency modulation(quasi-LFM)radar waveforms(LFM,Frank code,P1−P4 code)have similar time-frequency distributions,and it is difficult to identify such signals using traditional time-frequency analysis methods.To solve this problem,this paper proposes an algorithm for automatic recognition of quasi-LFM radar waveforms based on fractional Fourier transform and time-frequency analysis.First of all,fractional Fourier transform and the Wigner-Ville distribution(WVD)are used to determine the number of main ridgelines and the tilt angle of the target component in WVD.Next,the standard deviation of the target component's width in the signal's WVD is calculated.Finally,an assembled classifier using neural network is built to recognize different waveforms by automatically combining the three features.Simulation results show that the overall recognition rate of the proposed algorithm reaches 94.17%under 0 dB.When the training data set and the test data set are mixed with noise,the recognition rate reaches 89.93%.The best recognition accuracy is achieved when the size of the training set is taken as 400.The algorithm complexity can meet the requirements of real-time recognition.
基金Sponsored by National Nature Science Foundation of China(60472101)
文摘The mismatch between echo and replica caused by underwater moving target(UMT)'s radial velocity degrades the detection performance of the matched filter(MF)for the linear frequency modulation(LFM)signal.By using the focusing property of fractional Fourier transform(FRFT)to that signal,a detection algorithm for UMT's LFM echo based on the discrete fractional Fourier transform(DFRFT)is proposed.This algorithm is less affected by the target's radial velocity compared with the other MF detection algorithm utilizing zero radial velocity replica(ZRVR),and the mathematical relation between the output peak positions of these two algorithms exists in the case of existence of target echo.The algorithm can also estimate the target distance by using this relation.The simulation and experiment show that this algorithm'sdetection performance is better than or equivalent to that of the other MF algorithm utilizing ZRVR for the LFM echo of UMT with unknown radial velocity under reverberation noise background.
文摘Fractional Fourier transform(FRFT)is a linear transform generalizing Fourier transform(FT)that plays an important role in the field of signal processing and analysis.FRFT contains an adjustable parameterα,which it rotates the signal in the time frequency plane and represents the signal in an intermediate domain between time and frequency.FRFT provides a measure about the angular distribution of signal’s energy in time frequency plane.FT is a special case of FRFT when angleαis equal toπ/2.This paper presents mathematical model for obtaining FRFT of PC6 window function.The different parameters of this window function are also obtained with the help of simulation results.A comparison of window function parameters is presented using FT and FRFT.Also comparison of this window function with Hanning window function is presented in terms of Side Lobe Fall off Rate(SLFOR).For different values of FRFT order,PC6 window function shows variation in different parameters.Thus by changing the FRFT order,the minimum stop band attenuation of the resulting window function can be controlled.
文摘针对Chirp基调制信号在分数阶傅里叶变换域特征明显,信号周期易被检测等问题,提出一种能够实现多域隐蔽的低检测概率(low probability of detection,LPD)波形构造方法。该方法采用分数阶傅里叶变换跳频(fractional Fourier transform-frequency hopping,FrFT-FH)架构,在不改变Chirp信号扩频增益的前提下,通过时宽分割和重组(time width division and reorganization,TDR),降低信号在分数阶傅里叶变换域和周期域的能量聚敛特性。仿真结果表明,相较于现有LPD波形只能实现单一特征域隐蔽的问题,所提波形在不影响系统通信性能的前提下,面对频域检测、分数阶傅里叶变换域检测、周期域检测多种检测手段,在10 dB信噪比条件下的信号检测概率均低于0.2,满足系统在不同特征域下的LPD需求。
