Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 2463-2469.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2021.09.12

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Robust radar target detection method based on continuous belief function theory

Wei YANG, Yongxiang LIU*, Yaowen FU, Xiang LI   

  1. College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2021-05-24 Online:2021-08-20 Published:2021-08-26
  • Contact: Yongxiang LIU

Abstract:

Target detection is the basic function of radar, and its robustness directly determines the success or failure of radar application. Aiming at the problem of Rayleigh target detection, a robust radar target detection method is proposed by making full use of the advantages of continuous belief function theory in uncertain information representation and reasoning. The belief of prior model noise, real target and external interference can be quantified accurately in the detection decision space. In view of the fact that the proposed method does not have analytical solution, through the transformation of random variables, the arbitrary Rayleigh target amplitude fluctuation model is transformed into the standard Rayleigh model.And then, the numerical calculation of the belief function is realized by using the look-up table method. Finally, the detection decision is completed or used for subsequent fusion reasoning. Rayleigh target detection experiments verify the robustness of the proposed method.

Key words: radar target detection, Rayleigh target amplitude fluctuation model, continuous belief function theory

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