Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 603-612.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2020.03.014

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Estimating structural parameters of ballistic targets based on MIMO-ISAR

Lixun HAN1(), Bo TIAN1(), Cunqian FENG1,2()   

  1. 1. Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, China
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Information Sensing and Understanding, Xi'an 710077, China
  • Received:2019-05-05 Online:2020-03-01 Published:2020-02-28
  • Supported by:
    国家自然科学基金(61701528)

Abstract:

Traditional single-station inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging usually increases imaging time in order to achieve high azimuth resolution, but this method is not suitable for ballistic targets which have high speed. In order to work around this problem, it is proposed to use multiple input multiple output ISAR (MIMO-ISAR) multi-distribution in space to achieve the effect of time accumulation. After obtaining the multi-channel echo signal, the conical top scattering points of ballistic target are matched by time-frequency images and time distance images. Then, according to the cone top scattering point information, a superior resolution fusion ISAR image is obtained by registration and fusion of multiple ISAR images. Finally, the geometric parameters of the ballistic target are extracted by using the mapping relationship between the projection length of the target and the geometric parameters of the target under different radar line of sight. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Key words: ballistic targets, multiple input multiple output inverse synthetic aperture radar (MIMO-ISAR), image registration, structural parameters

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