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Ground Moving Target's Velocity Estimation in SAR-GMTI

SAR-GMTI에서 지상이동표적의 속도 추정 기법

  • Bae, Chang-Sik (Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Jeon, Hyeon-Mu (Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Yang, Dong-Hyeuk (Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Yang, Hoon-Gee (Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
  • Received : 2016.12.12
  • Accepted : 2017.01.25
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

A ground moving target's velocity estimation algorithm applicable for a SAR-GMTI system using 2 channel displaced phase center antenna(DPCA) is proposed. In this algorithm, we assume target's across-track velocity can be estimated by along-track interferometry (ATI) and present a method to estimate target's along-track velocity. To accomplish this method, we first transform a radar-target geometry in which a moving target has zero velocity via altering a radar velocity such that target's velocity is reflected into it and next manipulate the spectral centers of the subapertures within the synthetic aperture. The validity of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through simulation results showing the performance of the target's velocity estimation and the enhancement of reconstructed target image quality in terms of resolution and SINR.

본 논문에서는 2채널 displaced phase center antenna(DPCA) 기반의 SAR-GMTI 시스템에서 지상이동 표적의 속도 정보를 추정하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제시된 알고리즘에서는 이동표적의 across-track 속도는 기존의 along-track interferometry(ATI) 기법을 이용하여 추정이 가능하다고 가정한 후 표적의 along-track 속도를 추정하는 방법을 제시한다. 이를 위해 기존 이동표적 구조를 변형하여 이동표적 속도를 영으로 만들고, 이를 레이다 속도에 반영하여 레이다 속도가 변화된 새로운 기하학적 구조를 얻는다. 이후 합성 개구면(synthetic aperture) 내의 subaperture 신호에 대한 푸리에 변환을 통해 공간 주파수 중심점 위치를 이용하여 표적의 along-track 속도를 추정한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안한 알고리즘의 속도 추정 성능을 검증하고, 또한 추정된 속도가 보상되어 이동표적 영상의 해상도 및 SINR이 개선됨을 보인다.

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