Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 1422-1430.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2024.04.31

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Direct symbol detection method for distributed receiving moving targets based on EM-VB

Kai ZHANG1,*, Yao TIAN2   

  1. 1. Unit 63891 of the PLA, Luoyang 471003, China
    2. Unit 96862 of the PLA, Luoyang 471000, China
  • Received:2022-11-28 Online:2024-03-25 Published:2024-03-25
  • Contact: Kai ZHANG

Abstract:

Compared with the hierarchical processing structure of parameter difference estimation, signal calibration synthesis and symbol detection in traditional distributed array reception, direct symbol detection using multiple observation signals can suppress the performance loss caused by poor calibration accuracy between signals, but the existing methods are mainly aimed at the situation where both the transmitter and the receiver are stationary or ideal synchronization. A direct symbol detection method for distributed receiving moving targets under the maximum likelihood criterion is studied. Firstly, a direct symbol detection solution model is given. Aiming at the optimization problem of multiple groups of unknown parameters in the model, the approximate closed form solutions of each parameter are derived and analyzed. A closed-loop processing structure based on iterative re-evaluation is adopted, and multiple unknown parameters and information symbols are used for joint optimization. Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed method is obviously superior than that of the traditional synthetic processing methods. Compared with the existing joint processing structure, the proposed method has greater advantages when the number of observation stations is large.

Key words: distributed receiving, moving target, symbol detection, maximum likelihood, expectation-maximization

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