均匀和部分均匀杂波中子空间目标的斜对称自适应检测方法

在雷达目标的自适应检测领域, 当参考单元数不足时, 充分挖掘协方差矩阵的结构信息是有效提高检测性能的途径之一。为此, 针对多维子空间目标的检测问题, 该文在协方差矩阵关于次对角线具有斜对称结构的约束下, 分别基于一步和两步广义似然比(GLRT), 推导了均匀和部分均匀杂波中的斜对称自适应检测器。由于检测器在设计阶段利用了协方差矩阵的结构信息, 仿真结果表明, 与已有检测器相比, 在参考单元数不足时, 斜对称自适应检测器可明显改善检测性能。此外, 分别从协方差估计方法的影响、目标子空间维数的影响、目标子空间失配性能以及目标起伏的影响4个方面对检测性能进行了仿真分析。 

Persymmetric Adaptive Detectors of Subspace Signals in Homogeneous and Partially Homogeneous Clutter

In the field of adaptive radar detection, an effective strategy to improve the detection performance is to exploit the structural information of the covariance matrix, especially in the case of insufficient reference cells. Thus, in this study, the problem of detecting multidimensional subspace signals is discussed by considering the persymmetric structure of the clutter covariance matrix, which implies that the covariance matrix is persymmetric about its cross diagonal. Persymmetric adaptive detectors are derived on the basis of the one-step principle as well as the two-step Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT) in homogeneous and partially homogeneous clutter. The proposed detectors consider the structural information of the covariance matrix at the design stage. Simulation results suggest performance improvement compared with existing detectors when reference cells are insufficient. Moreover, the detection performance is assessed with respect to the effects of the covariance matrix, signal subspace dimension, and mismatched performance of signal subspace as well as signal fluctuations.