Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to propose the sane space-time adaptive processing method of a kind of motion platform detections of radar treetop level target, to solve above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, improve missile-borne radar detection performance.
The basic ideas of the present invention are: use the amplitudes optimized and phase combining to retrain by more adjacent in target to be detected and Doppler domain and spatial domain adjacent 2, it is achieved the main lobe of STAP two dimension response is conformal, and its implementation includes the following:
1) 4 obligatory point frequencies of design optimization:
If target is the 0th obligatory point, the Doppler frequency of this point isSpace Angle frequency isThe Doppler frequency of the 1st obligatory point isSpace Angle frequency isThe Doppler frequency of the 2nd obligatory point isSpace Angle frequency isThe Doppler frequency of the 3rd obligatory point isSpace Angle frequency isWherein, v is platform movement velocity, and λ is the wavelength of radar emission signal, θ0For the azimuth of target, φ0For the angle of pitch of target, fPRFFor the pulse recurrence frequency of radar emission signal, M is array elements number, and K is umber of pulse;
2) Doppler domain constraints is built:
2a) by Doppler domain optimization problemIn constraints | s0 Hw|2≥1and|s3 Hw|2>=1 is write as
Wherein, w is optimal solution to be asked, and H represents conjugate transposition operation, and RX is the covariance matrix of sampled data, s0And s3Steering vector when being respectively the 0th obligatory point and the 3rd obligatory point empty, j represents imaginary number, ρ0, ρ1, binary vector that φ is to be askedIn three unknown parameters;
2b) calculation procedure 2a) in three unknown parameter ρ0, ρ1, φ:
2b1) according to the space-time two-dimensional steering vector s of the 0th obligatory point0, the space-time two-dimensional steering vector s of the 3rd obligatory point3Obtain space-time two-dimensional and guide matrix S=(s0,s3);
2b2) according to the covariance matrix R of sampled dataX, space-time two-dimensional guides matrix S, is calculatedWherein,Represent generalized inverse, r0, r1, r2, β is according to quaternion matrixIn the different mediant of four numerical value obtaining of four elements;
2b3) according to r0, r1, r2, β obtains:
φ=-β+π,
3) spatial domain constraints is built:
3a) build airspace optimization problem:
Wherein, s1, s2Be respectively step 1) in the 1st obligatory point and the space-time two-dimensional steering vector of the 2nd obligatory point, α0, α1, α2, β0, β1, β2For ternary vector to be askedIn 6 unknown parameters;
3b) according to s1, s0, s2Obtaining the parameter of constraints in this optimization problem is:
Wherein, M is array elements number, and d represents array element distance, and λ is the wavelength of radar emission signal, ψiRepresent that i-th obligatory point is with the axial space cone angle of radar array;
4) optimum weight vector is solved:
4a) according to step 2a) and 3a) build spatial domain Doppler domain associating constrained optimization problems:Wherein, C=(s1,s0,s2,s3) it is that new space-time two-dimensional guides matrix,For constraint vector;
4b) according to C, u obtains optimum weight vector and is:
W=RX -1C(CHRX -1C)-1u
5) output data Y=w of motion platform detections of radar treetop level target are obtained according to optimum weight vector wTX, wherein X represents that sampled data, T represent that transposition operates.
The present invention compared with prior art has the advantage that
The present invention is by replacing the equality constraint of original recipe in Doppler domain inequality constraints, it is combined at spatial domain width and retrains the amplitude constraint of replacement original recipe, main lobe can be realized conformal on the premise of degree of freedom is not lost, thus overcome mirror target and pollute training sample and cause the problem that target capabilities is lost that detects, achieve the robustness of space-time adaptive processing method, improve the performance of motion platform detections of radar treetop level target.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the embodiment of the present invention and effect are described in further detail.
With reference to Fig. 1, the use scene of the present invention is: using motion platform as radar platform, podium level is H, and movement velocity is v.Object height is h, and movement velocity is vs.Radar configuration mode is one-dimensional uniform line-array, and array number is M, and array axis is perpendicular to radar motion direction, and the pulse recurrence frequency of array emitter signal is fPRF。
With reference to Fig. 2, the present invention is by replacing the equality constraint of original recipe in Doppler domain inequality constraints, it is combined at spatial domain width and retrains the amplitude constraint of replacement original recipe, to realize the robustness of space-time adaptive processing method, improve the performance of motion platform detections of radar treetop level target.Implementation step is as follows:
Step 1,4 obligatory point frequencies of design optimization.
If target is the 0th obligatory point, the Doppler frequency of this point isSpace Angle frequency is fs 0=sin θ0cosφ0;
The Doppler frequency of the 1st obligatory point isSpace Angle frequency is
The Doppler frequency of the 2nd obligatory point isSpace Angle frequency is
The Doppler frequency of the 3rd obligatory point isSpace Angle frequency is
Wherein, v is platform movement velocity, and λ is the wavelength of radar emission signal, θ0For the azimuth of target, φ0For the angle of pitch of target, fPRFFor the pulse recurrence frequency of radar emission signal, M is array elements number, and K is umber of pulse.
Step 2, builds Doppler domain constraints.
2a) calculate the space-time two-dimensional steering vector of i-th obligatory point.
Pulse recurrence frequency f according to radar emission signalPRF, array elements number M, umber of pulse K, the Doppler frequency of the i-th obligatory pointAnd Space Angle frequencyObtain the spatial domain steering vector of i-th obligatory pointAnd time domain steering vector
Wherein i=0,1,2,3, T represents that transposition operates;
2b) according to step 2a) in the spatial domain steering vector of i-th obligatory pointAnd time domain steering vectorObtain the space-time two-dimensional steering vector of i-th obligatory pointWherein,Represent Kronecker product;
2c) according to step 2b) in the space-time two-dimensional steering vector of i-th obligatory pointObtain the space-time two-dimensional steering vector from the 0th obligatory point to the 3rd obligatory point:
2d) by Doppler domain optimization problemIn constraints | s0 Hw|2≥1and|s3 Hw|2>=1 is write as
Wherein, w is optimal solution to be asked, and H represents conjugate transposition operation, and RX is the covariance matrix of sampled data, s0And s3Be respectively step 2c) in the 0th obligatory point and the 3rd obligatory point empty time steering vector, j represents imaginary number, ρ0, ρ1, binary vector that φ is to be askedIn three unknown parameters;
2e) calculation procedure 2d) in three unknown parameter ρ0, ρ1, φ:
2e1) according to step 2c) in the space-time two-dimensional steering vector s of the 0th obligatory point0, the space-time two-dimensional steering vector s of the 3rd obligatory point3Obtain space-time two-dimensional and guide matrix S=(s0,s3);
2e2) according to step 2e1) hollow time two-dimensional guide matrix S, the covariance matrix R of sampled dataX, it is calculatedWherein,Represent generalized inverse ,-1 representing matrix inversion operation, r0, r1, r2, β is according to quaternion matrixIn the different mediant of four numerical value obtaining of four elements;
2e3) according to step 2e2) in r0, r1, r2, β obtains required φ, ρ0, ρ1:
φ=-β+π,
Above-mentioned steps 2d) in Doppler domain constrained optimization problems replace the equality constraint in original method with inequality constraints at Doppler domain, can not the degree of freedom of loss system, thus avoid the secondary lobe of Beam-former to uprise or zero the falling into and shoal of interference radiating way.
Step 3, builds spatial domain constraints.
3a) build airspace optimization problem:
Wherein, s1, s2Be respectively step 2c) in the 1st obligatory point and the space-time two-dimensional steering vector of the 2nd obligatory point, α0, α1, α2, β0, β1, β2For ternary vector to be askedIn 6 unknown parameters;
3b) according to step 2c) in s1, s0, s2Obtaining the parameter of constraints in this optimization problem is:
Wherein, d represents array element distance, ψiRepresent that i-th obligatory point is with the axial space cone angle of radar array;
Spatial domain constraint uses the associating width of 3 to retrain mutually, and its amplitude and phase restriction match with echo signal, therefore lose less in performance.
Step 4, solves optimum weight vector.
4a) according to step 2d) in the restricted problem of Doppler domainWith step 3a) in the restricted problem in spatial domainBuild spatial domain Doppler domain associating constrained optimization problems.
Owing in Doppler domain restricted problem, the width phase constraints of the 0th obligatory point is wHs0=ρ0, in the restricted problem of spatial domain, the width phase constraints of the 0th obligatory point isTo this end, the constraints of the in the restricted problem of spatial domain the 0th obligatory point need to be converted into Doppler domain constraint is identical, for this, airspace optimization problem is write as:
Then, spatial domain Doppler domain associating constrained optimization problems becomes:
Wherein, C=(s1,s0,s2,s3) it is that new space-time two-dimensional guides matrix,For constraint vector;
4b) according to step 4a) in C and u obtain optimum weight vector and be:
W=RX -1C(CHRX -1C)-1U,
Wherein ,-1 representing matrix inversion operation, H represents conjugate transposition operation.
Step 5, according to step 4b) in optimum weight vector w obtain output data Y=w of motion platform detections of radar treetop level targetTX, wherein X represents that sampled data, T represent that transposition operates;
Below by emulation experiment, the effect of the present invention is described further.
1. simulation parameter:
If the reference carrier frequency f of motion platform radar0=10GHz, pulse recurrence frequency fPRF=60KHz, radar array be array element distance be the uniform line-array of half-wavelength, array number M=20, umber of pulse K=16, movement velocity v=400m/s of radar platform, podium level H=1080m, object height h=80m, target velocity vs=100m/s, clutter noise ratio is 60dB, and signal noise ratio is 25dB.
2. emulation content:
Emulation 1, under above-mentioned simulation parameter, carries out the Wave beam forming of treetop level target by inventive method, and result figure is as shown in Figure 3.
As seen from Figure 3, the Wave beam forming directional diagram of the inventive method is not distorted in main lobe region, it is seen that the inventive method is effective.
Emulation 2, under above-mentioned simulation parameter, with the performance improvement factor pair of the inventive method detection target than optimal performance improvement factor curvilinear motion, result is as shown in Figure 4.
From fig. 4, it can be seen that the improvement factor of the inventive method only optimum decline about the 5dB of ratio, it is seen that the better performances of the inventive method.
This simulating, verifying correctness of the present invention, validity and reliability.