Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 927-936.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2021.04.09

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Low-altitude target classification based on model conversion frequency estimation

Weishi CHEN1,*(), Yifeng HUANG1(), Xiaolong CHEN2(), Xianfeng LU1(), Jie ZHANG1()   

  1. 1. China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology, Beijing 100028, China
    2. Naval Aviation University, Yantai 264001, China
  • Received:2020-04-14 Online:2021-03-25 Published:2021-03-31
  • Contact: Weishi CHEN E-mail:chenwsh@mail.castc.org.cn;huangyf@mail.castc.org.cn;cxlcxl1209@163.com;luxf@mail.castc.org.cn;zhangjie@mail.castc.org.cn

Abstract:

In order to solve the problem of low altitude target classification of traditional mechanical scanning early warning radar, a method for target classification of flying bird and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on model conversion frequency estimation is proposed. Firstly, the possible UAV and flying bird target motion models are established, the multi-model filtering and smoothing are applied to the target trajectory. And then the target classification is realized by the model conversion frequency of the target estimation. Simulation results verify the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed method, and prove that the target classification result after smoothing is better than that only after filtering. According to the real data collected by low altitude early warning radar in the airport and coastal environment, the proposed method can still track and distinguish UAV and bird targets, and greatly reduce the false alarm rate of the radar system when UAV frequently changes its flight direction to simulate the mobility characteristics of flying bird.

Key words: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), target classification, target tracking, multi-model filtering, model conversion, early warning radar

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