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Spatial Filtering based STAP Algorithm for Clutter plus Jamming Suppression

재머와 클러터 억압을 위한 공간 필터링 기반 STAP 알고리즘

  • Hoon-Gee, Yang (Dept. of Electronic Convergence Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
  • Received : 2022.09.28
  • Accepted : 2022.10.13
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

When radar return contains strong jammers along with ground clutter echo, a STAP(space-time adaptive processing) algorithms tend to suppress jammer components more severely than it does the clutter. This hinders moving target detection in that the target echo is apt to be buried by clutter echo. This paper presents a two-step STAP algorithm in which the pre-suppression of jammer by the spatial filtering is applied, prior to applying the STAP algorithm. We propose how to find the coefficients of the spatial filter and show that the spatial filtering barely alter the spectra of the target and the clutter echo, having only to suppress the jammers. Finally, we simulate a STAP scenario with strong jammers and show the proposed algorithm can improve STAP performance.

재머와 클러터 간섭이 모두 존재하는 지상 환경에서 STAP 알고리즘을 적용하는 경우 STAP 알고리즘은 클러터에 비해 재머를 상대적으로 더 억제하므로써 이동 표적 성분이 클러터에 묻히는 결과를 초래한다. 본 논문에서는 공간 필터링에 의한 전처리 과정을 거친 후 STAP을 적용하므로써 클러터를 효과적으로 억제하는 두 단계 기법을 제시한다. 공간 필터 계수 찾는 방법을 제시하고 공간 필터링 과정이 표적 및 클러터 성분에 영향을 주지 않으면서 재머 성분만 감쇄시킬 수 있음을 보인다. 마지막으로 재머가 강한 STAP 시나리오를 시뮬레이션하여 제시된 방법이 STAP 성능을 개선할 수 있음을 보인다.

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Acknowledgement

The work reported in this paper was conducted during the sabbatical year of Kwangwoon University in 2022

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