Range-azimuth imaging of ground targets via frequency-modulated continuous wave(FMCW)radar is crucial for effective target detection.However,when the pitch of the moving array constructed during motion exceeds the phy...Range-azimuth imaging of ground targets via frequency-modulated continuous wave(FMCW)radar is crucial for effective target detection.However,when the pitch of the moving array constructed during motion exceeds the physical array aperture,azimuth ambiguity occurs,making range-azimuth imaging on a moving platform challenging.To address this issue,we theoretically analyze azimuth ambiguity generation in sparse motion arrays and propose a dual-aperture adaptive processing(DAAP)method for suppressing azimuth ambiguity.This method combines spatial multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)arrays with sparse motion arrays to achieve high-resolution range-azimuth imaging.In addition,an adaptive QR decomposition denoising method for sparse array signals based on iterative low-rank matrix approximation(LRMA)and regularized QR is proposed to preprocess sparse motion array signals.Simulations and experiments show that on a two-transmitter-four-receiver array,the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of the sparse motion array signal after noise suppression via adaptive QR decomposition can exceed 0 dB,and the azimuth ambiguity signal ratio(AASR)can be reduced to below-20 dB.展开更多
A new model considering corrosion property for grounding grids diagnosis is proposed,which provides reference solutions of ambiguous branches.The constraint total least square method based on singular value decomposit...A new model considering corrosion property for grounding grids diagnosis is proposed,which provides reference solutions of ambiguous branches.The constraint total least square method based on singular value decomposition is adopted to improve the effectiveness of grounding grids' diagnosis algorithm.The improvement can weaken the influence of the model's error,which results from the differences between design paper and actual grid.Its influence on touch and step voltages caused by the interior resistance of conductors is taken into account.Simulation results show the validity of this approach.展开更多
This paper addresses the role Robert Frost has played in world nature and pastoral poetry with comparison between nature poet and pastoral poet and between Frost’s and Wordsworth’s nature poems.Through some analysis...This paper addresses the role Robert Frost has played in world nature and pastoral poetry with comparison between nature poet and pastoral poet and between Frost’s and Wordsworth’s nature poems.Through some analysis of Robert Frost’s "The Wood-Pile" and other poems,the author concluded some features of his nature poetry,that is,the contrast between human and nature,ambiguities of feelings and bittersweet qualities.Finally,the author reached a conclusion which still needs further study.展开更多
The passive bistatic radar based on the FM broadcast has inherent superiority with respect to its survivability. In this article, the ambiguity function （AF） and the cross ambiguity function （CAF） of the FM radio ...The passive bistatic radar based on the FM broadcast has inherent superiority with respect to its survivability. In this article, the ambiguity function （AF） and the cross ambiguity function （CAF） of the FM radio signal are analyzed and illustrated. The Kolmogorov Smirnov （K-S） test verifies that the amplitude probability density function of the CAF side lobes is exponential; the distribution of the target is also deduced. Finally, the detection performance of the passive radar is studied, and the result shows that this new type bistatic radar has favorable detection capability.展开更多
A novel algorithm is proposed to solve the poor per- formance problem of the Tent chaos-based frequency modulation （FM） signal for range-Doppler imaging, which takes it into complex multi-segment system by increasin...A novel algorithm is proposed to solve the poor per- formance problem of the Tent chaos-based frequency modulation （FM） signal for range-Doppler imaging, which takes it into complex multi-segment system by increasing its segments. The simulation results show that the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, as well as the performance of the improved Tent FM signal is obvious in a multipath or noise propagation environment.展开更多
A novel modified optimization technique known as the multi-objective micro particle swarm optimization（MO-MicPSO） is proposed for polyphase coded signal design.The proposed MO-MicPSO requires only a small population...A novel modified optimization technique known as the multi-objective micro particle swarm optimization（MO-MicPSO） is proposed for polyphase coded signal design.The proposed MO-MicPSO requires only a small population size compared with the standard particle swarm optimization that uses a larger population size.This new method is guided by an elite archive to finish the multi-objective optimization.The orthogonal polyphase coded signal（OPCS） can fundamentally improve the multiple input multiple output（MIMO） radar system performance,with which the radar system has high resolution and abundant signal channels.Simulation results on the polyphase coded signal design show that the MO-MicPSO can perform quite well for this high-dimensional multi-objective optimized problem.Compared with particle swarm optimization or genetic algorithm,the proposed MO-MicPSO has a better optimized efficiency and less time consumption.展开更多
Based on the structural characteristics of the double-differenced normal equation, a new method was proposed to resolve the ambiguity float solution through a selection of parameter weights to construct an appropriate...Based on the structural characteristics of the double-differenced normal equation, a new method was proposed to resolve the ambiguity float solution through a selection of parameter weights to construct an appropriate regularized matrix, and a singular decomposition method was used to generate regularization parameters. Numerical test results suggest that the regularized ambiguity float solution is more stable and reliable than the least-squares float solution. The mean square error matrix of the new method possesses a lower correlation than the variancecovariance matrix of the least-squares estimation. The size of the ambiguity search space is reduced and the search efficiency is improved. The success rate of the integer ambiguity searching process is improved significantly when the ambiguity resolution by using constraint equation method is used to determine the correct ambiguity integervector. The ambiguity resolution by using constraint equation method requires an initial input of the ambiguity float solution candidates which are obtained from the LAMBDA method in the new method. In addition, the observation time required to fix reliable integer ambiguities can he significantly reduced.展开更多
Owing to the advantages in detecting the low altitude and stealth target,passive bistatic radar(PBR)has received much attention in surveillance purposes.Due to the uncontrollable characteristic of the transmitted sign...Owing to the advantages in detecting the low altitude and stealth target,passive bistatic radar(PBR)has received much attention in surveillance purposes.Due to the uncontrollable characteristic of the transmitted signal,a high level range or Doppler sidelobes may exist in the ambiguity function which will degrade the target detection performance.Mismatched filtering is a common method to deal with the ambiguity sidelobe problem.However,when mismatched filtering is applied,sidelobes cannot be eliminated completely.The residual sidelobes will cause false-alarm when the constant false alarm ratio(CFAR)is applied.To deal with this problem,a new target detection method based on preprocessing is proposed.In this new method,the ambiguity range and Doppler sidelobes are recognized and eliminated by the preprocessing method according to the prior information.CFAR is also employed to obtain the information of the target echo.Simulation results and results on real data illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.展开更多
Ambiguity function （AF） is proposed to represent ultrasonic signal to resolve the preprocessing problem of different center frequencies and different arriving times among ultrasonic signals for feature extraction, a...Ambiguity function （AF） is proposed to represent ultrasonic signal to resolve the preprocessing problem of different center frequencies and different arriving times among ultrasonic signals for feature extraction, as well as offer time-frequency features for signal classification. Moreover, Karhunen-Loeve （K-L） transform is considered to extract signal features from ambiguity plane, and then the features are presented to probabilistic neural network （PNN） for signal classification. Experimental results show that ambiguity function eliminates the difference of center frequency and arriving time existing in ultrasonic signals, and ambiguity plane features extracted by K-L transform describe the signal of different classes effectively in a reduced dimensional space. Classification result suggests that the ambiguity plane features obtain better performance than the features extracted by wavelet transform （WT）.展开更多
This paper considers the time difference of arrival(TDOA)and frequency difference of arrival(FDOA)estimation problem for joint localization using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs),involving range migration(RM)and Doppler...This paper considers the time difference of arrival(TDOA)and frequency difference of arrival(FDOA)estimation problem for joint localization using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs),involving range migration(RM)and Doppler ambiguity within observation interval.A robust estimation method based on interpolation and resampling is proposed.Specifically,the interpolation artificially increases the pulse repetition frequency(PRF).After that,the resampling eliminates the coupling between range frequency and slow time.Finally,a coherent integration step based on inverse discrete Fourier transform(IDFT)is used to achieve parameter estimation and suppress the grating lobes caused by interpolation.The proposed method could be efficiently implemented by fast Fourier transform(FFT),inverse FFT(IFFT)and non-uniform FFT(NUFFT)without parameter searching procedures.Numerical experiments indicate that the proposed method has nearly optimal anti-noise performance but much lower computational complexity than the maximum likelihood estimator,which makes it more competitive in practical applications.展开更多
This paper proposes a desirable method to detect different kinds of low probability of intercept (LPI) radar signals, targeted at the main intra-pulse modulation method of LPI radar signals including the signals of li...This paper proposes a desirable method to detect different kinds of low probability of intercept (LPI) radar signals, targeted at the main intra-pulse modulation method of LPI radar signals including the signals of linear frequency modulation, phase code, and frequency code. Firstly, it improves the coherent integration of LPI radar signals by adding the periodicity of the ambiguity function. Then, it develops a frequency domain detection method based on fast Fourier transform (FFT) and segmented autocorrelation function to detect signals without features of linear frequency modulation by virtue of the distribution characteristics of noise signals in the frequency domain. Finally, this paper gives a verification of the performance of the method for different signal-to-noise ratios by conducting simulation experiments, and compares the method with existing ones. Additionally, this method is characterized by the straightforward calculation and high real-time performance, which is conducive to better detecting all kinds of LPI radar signals.展开更多
It is an attractive method to combine GPS observations with the information from other surveying system to improve the ambiguity resolution. This research is conducted to investigate how to obtain the prior height inf...It is an attractive method to combine GPS observations with the information from other surveying system to improve the ambiguity resolution. This research is conducted to investigate how to obtain the prior height information in bathymetric surveying by GPS positioning and how to use the prior height information and to obtain a robust result. The authors deal with the collection and the description of the prior height and the method using height validation to improve the ambiguity resolution. The principle of the method, the relationships between the height threshold and the ambiguity search space are presented. A method to determine the threshold for the height validation is suggested. The field tests are carried out to show the feasibility of the proposed methods.展开更多
A new method based on phase difference analysis is proposed for the single-channel mixed signal separation of single-channel radar fuze.This method is used to estimate the mixing coefficients of de-noised signals thro...A new method based on phase difference analysis is proposed for the single-channel mixed signal separation of single-channel radar fuze.This method is used to estimate the mixing coefficients of de-noised signals through the cumulants of mixed signals,solve the candidate data set by the mixing coefficients and signal analytical form,and resolve the problem of vector ambiguity by analyzing the phase differences.The signal separation is realized by exchanging data of the solutions.The waveform similarity coefficients are calculated,and the time鈥攆requency distributions of separated signals are analyzed.The results show that the proposed method is effective.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62301051.
文摘Range-azimuth imaging of ground targets via frequency-modulated continuous wave(FMCW)radar is crucial for effective target detection.However,when the pitch of the moving array constructed during motion exceeds the physical array aperture,azimuth ambiguity occurs,making range-azimuth imaging on a moving platform challenging.To address this issue,we theoretically analyze azimuth ambiguity generation in sparse motion arrays and propose a dual-aperture adaptive processing(DAAP)method for suppressing azimuth ambiguity.This method combines spatial multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)arrays with sparse motion arrays to achieve high-resolution range-azimuth imaging.In addition,an adaptive QR decomposition denoising method for sparse array signals based on iterative low-rank matrix approximation(LRMA)and regularized QR is proposed to preprocess sparse motion array signals.Simulations and experiments show that on a two-transmitter-four-receiver array,the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of the sparse motion array signal after noise suppression via adaptive QR decomposition can exceed 0 dB,and the azimuth ambiguity signal ratio(AASR)can be reduced to below-20 dB.
文摘A new model considering corrosion property for grounding grids diagnosis is proposed,which provides reference solutions of ambiguous branches.The constraint total least square method based on singular value decomposition is adopted to improve the effectiveness of grounding grids' diagnosis algorithm.The improvement can weaken the influence of the model's error,which results from the differences between design paper and actual grid.Its influence on touch and step voltages caused by the interior resistance of conductors is taken into account.Simulation results show the validity of this approach.
文摘This paper addresses the role Robert Frost has played in world nature and pastoral poetry with comparison between nature poet and pastoral poet and between Frost’s and Wordsworth’s nature poems.Through some analysis of Robert Frost’s "The Wood-Pile" and other poems,the author concluded some features of his nature poetry,that is,the contrast between human and nature,ambiguities of feelings and bittersweet qualities.Finally,the author reached a conclusion which still needs further study.
基金This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60232010).
文摘The passive bistatic radar based on the FM broadcast has inherent superiority with respect to its survivability. In this article, the ambiguity function （AF） and the cross ambiguity function （CAF） of the FM radio signal are analyzed and illustrated. The Kolmogorov Smirnov （K-S） test verifies that the amplitude probability density function of the CAF side lobes is exponential; the distribution of the target is also deduced. Finally, the detection performance of the passive radar is studied, and the result shows that this new type bistatic radar has favorable detection capability.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (610320106110117211076006)
文摘A novel algorithm is proposed to solve the poor per- formance problem of the Tent chaos-based frequency modulation （FM） signal for range-Doppler imaging, which takes it into complex multi-segment system by increasing its segments. The simulation results show that the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, as well as the performance of the improved Tent FM signal is obvious in a multipath or noise propagation environment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60601016)
文摘A novel modified optimization technique known as the multi-objective micro particle swarm optimization（MO-MicPSO） is proposed for polyphase coded signal design.The proposed MO-MicPSO requires only a small population size compared with the standard particle swarm optimization that uses a larger population size.This new method is guided by an elite archive to finish the multi-objective optimization.The orthogonal polyphase coded signal（OPCS） can fundamentally improve the multiple input multiple output（MIMO） radar system performance,with which the radar system has high resolution and abundant signal channels.Simulation results on the polyphase coded signal design show that the MO-MicPSO can perform quite well for this high-dimensional multi-objective optimized problem.Compared with particle swarm optimization or genetic algorithm,the proposed MO-MicPSO has a better optimized efficiency and less time consumption.
文摘Based on the structural characteristics of the double-differenced normal equation, a new method was proposed to resolve the ambiguity float solution through a selection of parameter weights to construct an appropriate regularized matrix, and a singular decomposition method was used to generate regularization parameters. Numerical test results suggest that the regularized ambiguity float solution is more stable and reliable than the least-squares float solution. The mean square error matrix of the new method possesses a lower correlation than the variancecovariance matrix of the least-squares estimation. The size of the ambiguity search space is reduced and the search efficiency is improved. The success rate of the integer ambiguity searching process is improved significantly when the ambiguity resolution by using constraint equation method is used to determine the correct ambiguity integervector. The ambiguity resolution by using constraint equation method requires an initial input of the ambiguity float solution candidates which are obtained from the LAMBDA method in the new method. In addition, the observation time required to fix reliable integer ambiguities can he significantly reduced.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61401526).
文摘Owing to the advantages in detecting the low altitude and stealth target,passive bistatic radar(PBR)has received much attention in surveillance purposes.Due to the uncontrollable characteristic of the transmitted signal,a high level range or Doppler sidelobes may exist in the ambiguity function which will degrade the target detection performance.Mismatched filtering is a common method to deal with the ambiguity sidelobe problem.However,when mismatched filtering is applied,sidelobes cannot be eliminated completely.The residual sidelobes will cause false-alarm when the constant false alarm ratio(CFAR)is applied.To deal with this problem,a new target detection method based on preprocessing is proposed.In this new method,the ambiguity range and Doppler sidelobes are recognized and eliminated by the preprocessing method according to the prior information.CFAR is also employed to obtain the information of the target echo.Simulation results and results on real data illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
文摘Ambiguity function （AF） is proposed to represent ultrasonic signal to resolve the preprocessing problem of different center frequencies and different arriving times among ultrasonic signals for feature extraction, as well as offer time-frequency features for signal classification. Moreover, Karhunen-Loeve （K-L） transform is considered to extract signal features from ambiguity plane, and then the features are presented to probabilistic neural network （PNN） for signal classification. Experimental results show that ambiguity function eliminates the difference of center frequency and arriving time existing in ultrasonic signals, and ambiguity plane features extracted by K-L transform describe the signal of different classes effectively in a reduced dimensional space. Classification result suggests that the ambiguity plane features obtain better performance than the features extracted by wavelet transform （WT）.
基金The authors would like to acknowledge National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.xxxxxx)。
文摘This paper considers the time difference of arrival(TDOA)and frequency difference of arrival(FDOA)estimation problem for joint localization using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs),involving range migration(RM)and Doppler ambiguity within observation interval.A robust estimation method based on interpolation and resampling is proposed.Specifically,the interpolation artificially increases the pulse repetition frequency(PRF).After that,the resampling eliminates the coupling between range frequency and slow time.Finally,a coherent integration step based on inverse discrete Fourier transform(IDFT)is used to achieve parameter estimation and suppress the grating lobes caused by interpolation.The proposed method could be efficiently implemented by fast Fourier transform(FFT),inverse FFT(IFFT)and non-uniform FFT(NUFFT)without parameter searching procedures.Numerical experiments indicate that the proposed method has nearly optimal anti-noise performance but much lower computational complexity than the maximum likelihood estimator,which makes it more competitive in practical applications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61571462)Weapons and Equipment Exploration Research Project(7131464)
文摘This paper proposes a desirable method to detect different kinds of low probability of intercept (LPI) radar signals, targeted at the main intra-pulse modulation method of LPI radar signals including the signals of linear frequency modulation, phase code, and frequency code. Firstly, it improves the coherent integration of LPI radar signals by adding the periodicity of the ambiguity function. Then, it develops a frequency domain detection method based on fast Fourier transform (FFT) and segmented autocorrelation function to detect signals without features of linear frequency modulation by virtue of the distribution characteristics of noise signals in the frequency domain. Finally, this paper gives a verification of the performance of the method for different signal-to-noise ratios by conducting simulation experiments, and compares the method with existing ones. Additionally, this method is characterized by the straightforward calculation and high real-time performance, which is conducive to better detecting all kinds of LPI radar signals.
文摘It is an attractive method to combine GPS observations with the information from other surveying system to improve the ambiguity resolution. This research is conducted to investigate how to obtain the prior height information in bathymetric surveying by GPS positioning and how to use the prior height information and to obtain a robust result. The authors deal with the collection and the description of the prior height and the method using height validation to improve the ambiguity resolution. The principle of the method, the relationships between the height threshold and the ambiguity search space are presented. A method to determine the threshold for the height validation is suggested. The field tests are carried out to show the feasibility of the proposed methods.
文摘A new method based on phase difference analysis is proposed for the single-channel mixed signal separation of single-channel radar fuze.This method is used to estimate the mixing coefficients of de-noised signals through the cumulants of mixed signals,solve the candidate data set by the mixing coefficients and signal analytical form,and resolve the problem of vector ambiguity by analyzing the phase differences.The signal separation is realized by exchanging data of the solutions.The waveform similarity coefficients are calculated,and the time鈥攆requency distributions of separated signals are analyzed.The results show that the proposed method is effective.
