Abstract:

Radar target recognition is increasingly important with the development of radar techniques and the urgent military requirements. The research on radar target recognition using one dimensional high range resolution profiles is a popular area in the radar and signal processing community. The range profiles can not only provide the information on shape and structure of the target but also be obtained easily. So far extensive research work has already been made in the field of non cooperative target recognition using the range profiles. The feature extraction algorithm, classification algorithm and joint tracking and recognition algorithm based on the radar range profiles are summarized. Finally, the still open problems are discussed and some suggestions on the solutions and research trends are proposed.