Radar Signal Processing Technology

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 2015

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Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: signal processing; radar imaging; medical imaging; astronomical imaging

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School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: radar signal processing; SAR image interpretation; target detection and recognition
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Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: information optics; signal processing

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Dear Colleagues,

Radar is used to detect, locate, and image targets on the ground, on the sea, in the air, in space, and even below the ground. It can attain a large detection range, a high location accuracy, and a fine imaging resolution. It can operate in all weather conditions at all times. These advantages have led to its wide application in military, civilian, and scientific fields. For years, it has experienced a steady growth, with advances in radio-frequency technology, antenna technology, and signal processing technology. Especially, in recent years, signal processing technology has played a more and more important role in the improvement in radar performance, the extension of radar application, and the development of new radar systems. The higher and higher requirements of radar have brought not only increasingly more opportunities but also growing challenges to radar signal processing.

This Special Issue aims to collect contributions reporting recent developments in the field of radar signal processing. It is a good platform for people to exchange their ideas and methods to promote the research in this field. We are pleased to invite you to present breakthrough, innovative, and high-level work about radar signal processing technology.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. The scope of this Special Issue includes but is not limited to the following topics:

  • Radar systems;
  • Radar applications;
  • SAR/ISAR;
  • Motion estimation and compensation;
  • Image enhancement;
  • Target detection and recognition;
  • Moving-target detection and tracking;
  • InSAR/InISAR;
  • Array signal processing;
  • Cognitive radar technology;
  • Waveform design and optimization;
  • Radar jamming/anti-jamming technology.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Junfeng Wang
Dr. Zenghui Zhang
Dr. Hao Yan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • radar signal processing
  • SAR
  • ISAR
  • InSAR
  • InISAR
  • target detection
  • target recognition
  • cognitive radar
  • waveform design
  • radar jamming

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Multivariate Time Series Feature Extraction and Clustering Framework for Multi-Function Radar Work Mode Recognition
by Ruozhou Fan, Mengtao Zhu and Xiongkui Zhang
Electronics 2024, 13(8), 1412; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13081412 - 09 Apr 2024
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Multi-Function Radars (MFRs) are sophisticated sensors with great agility and flexibility in adapting their transmitted waveform and control parameters. The recognition of MFR work modes based on the intercepted pulse sequences plays an important role in interpreting the functional purpose and threats of [...] Read more.
Multi-Function Radars (MFRs) are sophisticated sensors with great agility and flexibility in adapting their transmitted waveform and control parameters. The recognition of MFR work modes based on the intercepted pulse sequences plays an important role in interpreting the functional purpose and threats of a non-cooperative MFRs. However, due to the increased flexibility of MFRs, radar work modes with emerging new modulations and control parameters always appear, and the supervised classification method suffers performance degradation or even failure. Unsupervised learning and clustering of MFR pulse sequences becomes urgent and important. This paper establishes a unified multivariate MFR time series feature extraction and clustering framework for MFR work mode recognition. At first, various features are collected to form the feature set. The feature set includes features extracted through deep learning based on recurrent auto-encoders, multidimensional time series toolkit features, and manually crafted features for radar inter-pulse modulations. Subsequently, several feature selection algorithms, combined with different clustering and classification methods, are used for the selection of an “optimal” feature subset. Finally, the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed framework and selected features are validated through simulated and measured datasets. In the simulated dataset containing 20 classes of work modes, under the most severe non-ideal conditions, we achieve a clustering purity of 73.46% and an NMI of 84.28%. In the measured dataset with seven classes of work modes, we achieve a clustering purity of 86.96% and an NMI of 90.10%. Full article
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Moving-Target Detection for FDA-MIMO Radar in Partially Homogeneous Environments
by Changshan He, Running Zhang, Bang Huang, Mingming Xu, Zhibin Wang, Lei Liu, Zheng Lu and Ye Jin
Electronics 2024, 13(5), 851; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13050851 - 23 Feb 2024
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This paper delves into the problem of moving-target detection in partially homogeneous environments (PHE) with unknown Gaussian disturbance using a frequency diverse array multiple-input multiple-output (FDA-MIMO) radar. Using training data, we have derived expressions for four adaptive detectors, including the one-step and two-step [...] Read more.
This paper delves into the problem of moving-target detection in partially homogeneous environments (PHE) with unknown Gaussian disturbance using a frequency diverse array multiple-input multiple-output (FDA-MIMO) radar. Using training data, we have derived expressions for four adaptive detectors, including the one-step and two-step generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT), two-step Rao (TRao) test, and two-step Wald (TWald) test criteria, respectively. All the proposed detectors are characterized by the constant false-alarm rate (CFAR). The theoretical analysis and simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed detectors. Full article
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W-Band FMCW MIMO System for 3-D Imaging Based on Sparse Array
by Wenyuan Shao, Jianmin Hu, Yicai Ji, Wenrui Zhang and Guangyou Fang
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 369; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020369 - 16 Jan 2024
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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is widely used in the field of security imaging. However, existing imaging systems have shortcomings such as numerous array units, high hardware costs, and low imaging resolutions. In this paper, a sparse array-based frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) millimeter [...] Read more.
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is widely used in the field of security imaging. However, existing imaging systems have shortcomings such as numerous array units, high hardware costs, and low imaging resolutions. In this paper, a sparse array-based frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) millimeter wave imaging system, operating in the W-band, is presented. In order to reduce the number of transceiver units of the system and lower the hardware cost, a linear sparse array with a periodic structure was designed using the MIMO technique. The system operates at 70~80 GHz, and the high operating frequency band and 10 GHz bandwidth provide good imaging resolution. The system consists of a one-dimensional linear array, a motion control system, and hardware for signal generation and image reconstruction. The channel calibration technique was used to eliminate inherent errors. The system combines mechanical and electrical scanning, and uses FMCW signals to extract distance information. The three-dimensional (3-D) fast imaging algorithm in the wave number domain was utilized to quickly process the detection data. The 3-D imaging of the target in the near-field was obtained, with an imaging resolution of 2 mm. The imaging ability of the system was verified through simulations and experiments. Full article
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