Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing（OFDM） radar with multicarrier phase-coded waveforms has been recently introduced to achieve high range resolution.The conventional method for obtaining the high resolution ...Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing（OFDM） radar with multicarrier phase-coded waveforms has been recently introduced to achieve high range resolution.The conventional method for obtaining the high resolution range profile（HRRP） is based on matched filters.A method of synthesizing HRRP based on the fast Fourier transform（FFT） and decoding is proposed.The mathematical expressions of HRRP are derived by assuming an elementary scenario of point-scattering targets.Based on the characteristic of OFDM multicarrier signals,it mainly analyzes the influence on HRRP exerted by several factors,such as velocity compensation errors,the sampling frequency offset,and so on.The conclusions are significant for the design of the OFDM imaging radar.Finally,the simulation results demonstrate the validity of the conclusions.展开更多
A modiΡed pseudo-noise（PN） code regeneration method is proposed to improve the clock tracking accuracy without impairing the code acquisition time performance.Thus,the method can meet the requirement of high accura...A modiΡed pseudo-noise（PN） code regeneration method is proposed to improve the clock tracking accuracy without impairing the code acquisition time performance.Thus,the method can meet the requirement of high accuracy ranging measurements in short time periods demanded by radio-science missions.The tracking error variance is derived by linear analysis.For some existing PN codes,which can be acquired rapidly,the tracking error variance performance of the proposed method is about 2.6 dB better than that of the JPL scheme（originally proposed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory）,and about 1.5 dB better than that of the traditional double loop scheme.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (6087213461072117)
文摘Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing（OFDM） radar with multicarrier phase-coded waveforms has been recently introduced to achieve high range resolution.The conventional method for obtaining the high resolution range profile（HRRP） is based on matched filters.A method of synthesizing HRRP based on the fast Fourier transform（FFT） and decoding is proposed.The mathematical expressions of HRRP are derived by assuming an elementary scenario of point-scattering targets.Based on the characteristic of OFDM multicarrier signals,it mainly analyzes the influence on HRRP exerted by several factors,such as velocity compensation errors,the sampling frequency offset,and so on.The conclusions are significant for the design of the OFDM imaging radar.Finally,the simulation results demonstrate the validity of the conclusions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60904090)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(20080431306)the Special Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (20081458)
文摘A modiΡed pseudo-noise（PN） code regeneration method is proposed to improve the clock tracking accuracy without impairing the code acquisition time performance.Thus,the method can meet the requirement of high accuracy ranging measurements in short time periods demanded by radio-science missions.The tracking error variance is derived by linear analysis.For some existing PN codes,which can be acquired rapidly,the tracking error variance performance of the proposed method is about 2.6 dB better than that of the JPL scheme（originally proposed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory）,and about 1.5 dB better than that of the traditional double loop scheme.
