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To reduce the overlooking of an interference and enable the interference to be removed with high accuracy, without requiring to specify a complex interference source.SOLUTION: A radar device pertaining to one embodiment of the present invention receives a desired signal of a transmit signal reflected by an observation object after being transmitted and an interfering signal transmitted from an other radar device when receiving a reflected wave of a transmit signal based on a modulating pulse signal, generates an interference reference signal from information relating to the interfering signal, pulse compresses the output of a the received signal with the interference reference signal, compares the pulse compressed signal with a threshold and detects interference data mixed with an interference, blanks the detected interference data, and restores the desired signal from the blanked interference data using the interference reference signal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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本発明の実施形態は、レーダ装置及びそのレーダ信号処理方法に関する。   An embodiment of the present invention relates to a radar device and a radar signal processing method thereof.

近年、甚大な被害をもたらしている局所的な豪雨や竜巻等の被害軽減は熱望されており、これらの発生予測に用いられる気象レーダデータの高精度化への期待は高い。局所気象現象は、数100mスケールというごく狭い範囲で発生するため、その発生を確実に捉えるためには全国土を隙間なく観測する必要がある。   In recent years, it has been eager to reduce damage such as local torrential rains and tornadoes that have caused enormous damage, and there is a high expectation for higher accuracy of weather radar data used for predicting such occurrences. Local meteorological phenomena occur in a very narrow range of several hundred meters, so it is necessary to observe the whole country without gaps in order to capture the occurrence.

ここで、レーダ装置では、観測エリア内に山やビルなどの遮蔽物があると、その後方に不感地帯が発生する、もしくはデータ精度が低下しやすいという課題がある。すなわち、全国土を漏れなく観測するためには、観測範囲の広い1台のレーダで広範囲の観測を行うのではなく、観測範囲の狭い複数台のレーダで漏れなく観測を行うことが望ましい。しかしながら、複数台のレーダが乱立した場合、他のレーダサイト等からの信号が干渉信号となり、データ精度が低下するという別の問題が生じる。特許文献1では、各レンジの1CPI(Coherent Processing Interval)の平均電力と同一レンジのヒット単体の電力の差分が閾値を超える場合に干渉有りと判定する。特許文献1に記載の技術では、所望信号と干渉信号の電力差が大きい場合の干渉検出精度は高いが、同程度の電力の場合、干渉を見逃しやすい。特許文献2では、所望信号と異なる変調のレーダ干渉が到来した場合に、まず干渉信号の変調諸元(キャリア周波数や変調符号、PRF等)を特定して生成した干渉レプリカを受信信号から減算することで干渉信号を除去することができる。一方、干渉信号と干渉レプリカを一致させるように、レーダ間のキャリア周波数差や干渉信号の位相の不確定回転量、干渉電力等を高精度に推定する必要があり、レーダ間で協調制御やパイロット信号等でレーダ情報を共有する等の追加装置もしくは追加情報を用意しない限り、干渉特定処理が煩雑になりやすい。   Here, the radar apparatus has a problem that if there is a shield such as a mountain or a building in the observation area, a dead zone is generated behind the obstruction or the data accuracy is likely to be reduced. That is, in order to observe the whole country without omission, it is desirable not to perform wide-area observation with one radar having a wide observation range but to perform observation without omission with a plurality of radars having a narrow observation range. However, when a plurality of radars are disturbed, a signal from another radar site or the like becomes an interference signal, which causes another problem that data accuracy is reduced. In Patent Document 1, when the difference between the average power of 1 CPI (Coherent Processing Interval) of each range and the power of a single hit in the same range exceeds a threshold, it is determined that there is interference. According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, the interference detection accuracy is high when the power difference between the desired signal and the interference signal is large, but when the power is almost the same, it is easy to miss the interference. According to Patent Literature 2, when radar interference of a modulation different from that of a desired signal arrives, first, an interference replica generated by specifying the modulation specifications (carrier frequency, modulation code, PRF, etc.) of the interference signal is subtracted from the received signal. Thus, the interference signal can be removed. On the other hand, it is necessary to accurately estimate the carrier frequency difference between the radars, the amount of uncertain rotation of the phase of the interference signal, the interference power, etc. so that the interference signal and the interference replica match. Unless an additional device or additional information such as sharing of radar information with a signal or the like is prepared, the interference identification processing tends to be complicated.

特開2011-59024号公報JP 2011-59024 A 特開2015-52527号公報JP 2015-52527 A

深尾,浜津.気象と大気のレーダリモートセンシング,改訂 第2版, 京都大学学術出版会, 502p., 2005.Fukao, Hamazu. Radar Remote Sensing of Weather and Atmosphere, Revised Second Edition, Kyoto University Press, 502p., 2005.

以上のように、従来のレーダ装置において、1CPIの平均電力と各ヒットの電力差から干渉を検出し除去すると、干渉電力と所望信号の電力差が小さい場合に干渉を見逃しにより推定精度が低下しやすい。また、干渉レプリカを減算する場合、干渉源の推定処理が煩雑になりやすい。   As described above, in the conventional radar device, when the interference is detected and removed from the average power of 1 CPI and the power difference of each hit, the estimation accuracy is reduced by overlooking the interference when the power difference between the interference power and the desired signal is small. Cheap. In addition, when subtracting an interference replica, the process of estimating an interference source tends to be complicated.

本実施形態は上記課題に鑑みなされたもので、複雑な干渉源の特定を必要とせず、かつ干渉見逃しを低減し、高精度に干渉除去することができるレーダ装置とそのレーダ信号処理方法を提供することを目的とする。   The present embodiment has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a radar apparatus and a radar signal processing method thereof that do not need to specify a complicated interference source, reduce interference oversight, and can remove interference with high accuracy. The purpose is to do.

一実施形態に係るレーダ装置は、変調パルス信号による送信信号の反射波を受信する際に、前記送信信号が観測対象より反射された所望信号と他のレーダ装置から送信された干渉信号とを受信し、前記干渉信号に関する情報から干渉参照信号を生成し、前記受信した信号の出力を前記干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮し、前記パルス圧縮された信号を閾値と比較して干渉が混信する干渉データを検出し、前記検出された干渉データをブランキングし、前記干渉参照信号を用いて前記ブランキングされた干渉データから前記所望信号を復元する。   When receiving a reflected wave of a transmission signal due to a modulated pulse signal, the radar apparatus according to one embodiment receives a desired signal in which the transmission signal is reflected from an observation target and an interference signal transmitted from another radar apparatus. Then, an interference reference signal is generated from the information on the interference signal, the output of the received signal is pulse-compressed with the interference reference signal, and the pulse-compressed signal is compared with a threshold value to obtain interference data that interferes with interference. Detecting, blanking the detected interference data, and recovering the desired signal from the blanked interference data using the interference reference signal.

第1の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a radar device according to a first embodiment. 図1に示した実施形態の構成に基づく具体例を示すブロック図。FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific example based on the configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. 図2に示した第1の実施形態の処理動作を示すフローチャート。3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2. 第1の実施形態において、干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮することで干渉見逃しを低減可能なことを示す1例を示す図。FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example showing that interference oversight can be reduced by performing pulse compression with an interference reference signal in the first embodiment. 第1の実施形態の干渉参照信号生成部に備わる干渉信号解析部の構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an interference signal analysis unit provided in the interference reference signal generation unit according to the first embodiment. 第1の実施形態における干渉信号解析部の処理の1例を示すフローチャート。5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process performed by an interference signal analyzer according to the first embodiment. 第2の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radar device according to a second embodiment. 第2の実施形態の処理動作を示すフローチャート。9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation according to the second embodiment. 第3の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a radar device according to a third embodiment. 第3の実施形態の処理動作を示すフローチャート。9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation according to the third embodiment. 第4の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radar device according to a fourth embodiment. 従来方式(特許文献1)の課題となっている干渉見逃し発生の1例を示す図。FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of occurrence of overlooked interference which is a problem of the conventional method (Patent Document 1).

以下、実施の形態について図面を参照して説明する。
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図1は第1の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図である。このレーダ装置は、受信部100と、干渉パルス圧縮部200と、干渉参照信号生成部300と、干渉検出部400と、干渉除去部500と、所望信号復元部60Aと、所望パルス圧縮部60Bと、所望参照信号生成部700と、を備える。
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the radar device according to the first embodiment. This radar apparatus includes a receiving unit 100, an interference pulse compression unit 200, an interference reference signal generation unit 300, an interference detection unit 400, an interference removal unit 500, a desired signal restoration unit 60A, and a desired pulse compression unit 60B. , A desired reference signal generator 700.

受信部100は、所望信号と他レーダからの干渉信号の少なくとも何れかを含む信号を受信する。干渉参照信号生成部300は、混信が予想される干渉信号の参照信号を生成する。ここで、干渉参照信号生成部300では、事前に干渉観測モードで推定しておいた基本的な干渉参照情報(パルス長と変調周波数情報)を用いて参照信号を生成してもよい。もしくは、近接レーダ波形情報を管理するデータベース等を設け、適宜データベースから干渉信号情報を取得し参照信号を生成してもよい。   The receiving unit 100 receives a signal including at least one of a desired signal and an interference signal from another radar. The interference reference signal generation unit 300 generates a reference signal of an interference signal in which interference is expected. Here, the interference reference signal generation section 300 may generate a reference signal using basic interference reference information (pulse length and modulation frequency information) estimated in advance in the interference observation mode. Alternatively, a database or the like for managing the proximity radar waveform information may be provided, and the reference signal may be generated by appropriately acquiring the interference signal information from the database.

干渉パルス圧縮部200は、受信部100の出力を干渉参照信号生成部300の出力でパルス圧縮する。干渉検出部400は、同一レンジの1CPIの平均電力と各ヒット電力の電力差を閾値と比較し、閾値を超えるデータを出力する。干渉除去部500は、干渉検出部400で検出された干渉データを0に置き換えるブランキング処理を行って干渉を除去する。所望信号復元部60Aは、干渉参照信号に基づき所望信号を復元する。所望参照信号生成部700は、自レーダの送信波形情報に基づき所望信号の参照信号を生成する。所望パルス圧縮部60Bは、所望信号復元部60Aの出力を所望参照信号生成部700の出力でパルス圧縮し、所望信号情報を推定する。   The interference pulse compression unit 200 performs pulse compression on the output of the reception unit 100 with the output of the interference reference signal generation unit 300. The interference detection unit 400 compares the power difference between the average power of 1 CPI in the same range and each hit power with a threshold, and outputs data exceeding the threshold. The interference removing unit 500 removes interference by performing a blanking process of replacing the interference data detected by the interference detecting unit 400 with 0. Desired signal restoration section 60A restores the desired signal based on the interference reference signal. Desired reference signal generation section 700 generates a reference signal of the desired signal based on the transmission waveform information of the own radar. Desired pulse compression section 60B pulse-compresses the output of desired signal restoration section 60A with the output of desired reference signal generation section 700, and estimates desired signal information.

上記構成によるレーダ装置では、まず干渉信号と相関の高い干渉参照信号を用いてパルス圧縮することで信号が適切に積み上がるため、干渉見逃しを低減することができる。また、干渉除去は干渉データをブランキングするのみでよいため、厳密な位相回転量や干渉信号電力等を必要とする干渉レプリカを減算する方式と比較して干渉信号情報の推定処理が簡易である。   In the radar apparatus having the above-described configuration, the signals are appropriately accumulated by first performing pulse compression using the interference reference signal having a high correlation with the interference signal, so that it is possible to reduce missed interference. Also, since interference removal only requires blanking of interference data, the process of estimating interference signal information is simpler than a method of subtracting an interference replica that requires a strict phase rotation amount, interference signal power, and the like. .

以下、実施するための形態をより詳細に説明する。なお、実施形態では、動作に直接関係する部分のみを記述し、それ以外は省略している。
図2は、図1に示した実施形態の構成に基づく具体例を示している。図2に示すレーダ装置は、干渉パルス圧縮部200を、第1フーリエ変換部201と、干渉参照信号乗積部202と、第1逆フーリエ変換部203で構成し、所望信号復元部60A及び所望パルス圧縮部60Bを第2フーリエ変換部601と、所望信号復元部602と、所望参照信号乗積部603と、第2逆フーリエ変換部604で構成する。そして、干渉参照信号生成部300で生成される干渉参照信号を干渉参照信号乗積部202と所望信号復元部602に入力し、所望参照信号生成部700で生成される所望参照信号を所望参照信号乗積部603に入力する。
Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the invention will be described in more detail. In the embodiment, only a part directly related to the operation is described, and other parts are omitted.
FIG. 2 shows a specific example based on the configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG. In the radar apparatus shown in FIG. 2, the interference pulse compression unit 200 includes a first Fourier transform unit 201, an interference reference signal product unit 202, and a first inverse Fourier transform unit 203. The pulse compression unit 60B includes a second Fourier transform unit 601, a desired signal restoration unit 602, a desired reference signal product unit 603, and a second inverse Fourier transform unit 604. Then, the interference reference signal generated by interference reference signal generating section 300 is input to interference reference signal multiplying section 202 and desired signal restoring section 602, and the desired reference signal generated by desired reference signal generating section 700 is converted to the desired reference signal. It is input to the product section 603.

図3は図2に示した第1の実施形態の処理動作を示すフローチャートである。以下、このフローチャートに従って第1の実施形態に従うパルス圧縮処理を説明する。
まず、受信部100に受信信号が入力される(ステップS111)。第1フーリエ変換部201では、受信部100の出力をフーリエ変換する(ステップS112)。干渉参照信号生成部300は、混信が予想される干渉信号の参照信号を生成しており、干渉参照信号乗積部202では、第1フーリエ変換部201の出力と干渉参照信号生成部300の出力を掛け合わせる(ステップS113)。第1逆フーリエ変換部203では、干渉参照信号乗積部202の出力を逆フーリエ変換する(ステップS115)。これは、受信信号を干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮することに等しい。
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the pulse compression processing according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to this flowchart.
First, a reception signal is input to the reception unit 100 (step S111). The first Fourier transform unit 201 performs a Fourier transform on the output of the receiving unit 100 (step S112). The interference reference signal generation section 300 generates a reference signal of an interference signal in which interference is expected, and the interference reference signal multiplication section 202 outputs the output of the first Fourier transform section 201 and the output of the interference reference signal generation section 300. (Step S113). The first inverse Fourier transform unit 203 performs an inverse Fourier transform on the output of the interference reference signal product unit 202 (step S115). This is equivalent to pulse compression of the received signal with the interference reference signal.

干渉検出部400では、同一レンジの1CPIの平均電力と各ヒット電力の電力差を閾値と比較し(ステップS116)、閾値を超える場合にデータに干渉混信ありと決定する(ステップS117)。なお、同一レンジの1CPIの平均電力は、同一レンジの全ヒットの平均電力でもよいし、特許文献1のように干渉ヒットを除いた平均電力でもよい。閾値以下の場合や干渉データを決定した後、全てのレンジデータのチェックが完了したか確認し(ステップS118)、完了していなければステップS116に戻り、完了した場合、干渉の有無を識別するための干渉識別データを出力する。   The interference detection unit 400 compares the power difference between the average power of 1 CPI in the same range and each hit power with a threshold (step S116), and determines that the data has interference interference if the threshold is exceeded (step S117). The average power of one CPI in the same range may be the average power of all hits in the same range, or may be the average power excluding interference hits as in Patent Document 1. If the value is equal to or smaller than the threshold value or after determining the interference data, it is checked whether all range data checks have been completed (step S118). If not completed, the process returns to step S116. Output the interference identification data.

例えば、干渉検出部400では、干渉の有無を識別するために、干渉混信ありのレンジに0を、干渉混信なしのレンジに1が入力されたデータベクトルを出力する。干渉除去部500では、干渉検出部400で検出された干渉データを0に置き換えるブランキング処理で干渉を除去する(ステップS119)。   For example, the interference detection unit 400 outputs a data vector in which 0 is input to a range with interference and 1 is input to a range without interference in order to identify the presence or absence of interference. The interference removing unit 500 removes the interference by blanking processing for replacing the interference data detected by the interference detecting unit 400 with 0 (step S119).

第2フーリエ変換部601では、干渉除去部500の出力をフーリエ変換する(ステップS120)。第2フーリエ変換部601の出力は、所望信号が干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮された信号になっている。この信号を元の所望信号に戻すため、所望信号復元部602では、干渉参照信号に基づき所望信号を復元する(ステップS121)。例えば、所望信号復元部602では、ステップS120の出力信号を干渉参照信号で除算することで所望信号を復元する。   The second Fourier transform unit 601 performs a Fourier transform on the output of the interference removing unit 500 (Step S120). The output of the second Fourier transform unit 601 is a signal obtained by pulse-compressing the desired signal with the interference reference signal. In order to return this signal to the original desired signal, the desired signal restoring section 602 restores the desired signal based on the interference reference signal (step S121). For example, the desired signal restoration unit 602 restores the desired signal by dividing the output signal of step S120 by the interference reference signal.

所望参照信号生成部700では、自レーダの送信波形情報に基づき所望信号の参照信号を生成する。所望参照信号乗積部603では、所望信号復元部602の出力に所望参照信号生成部700の出力を掛け合わせる(ステップS122)。第2逆フーリエ変換部604では、所望参照信号乗積部603の出力を逆フーリエ変換する(ステップS123)。これは、所望参照信号でパルス圧縮することに等しく、干渉の悪影響を低減した信号から所望信号情報を推定することができる。   Desired reference signal generation section 700 generates a reference signal of the desired signal based on the transmission waveform information of the own radar. The desired reference signal multiplying section 603 multiplies the output of the desired signal restoring section 602 by the output of the desired reference signal generating section 700 (step S122). The second inverse Fourier transform unit 604 performs an inverse Fourier transform on the output of the desired reference signal product unit 603 (step S123). This is equivalent to pulse compression with a desired reference signal, and it is possible to estimate desired signal information from a signal in which the adverse effect of interference is reduced.

図12に、従来方式(特許文献1)の課題となっている干渉見逃し発生の1例を示す。
特許文献1では、各レンジの1CPIの平均電力と同一レンジのヒット単体の電力の差分が閾値を超える場合に干渉有りと判定する。特許文献1に記載の技術では、所望信号と干渉信号の電力差が大きい場合の干渉検出精度は高いが、同程度の電力の場合、検出精度が低下する。周波数や符号変調を施した信号をパルス圧縮するパルス圧縮レーダにおいては、干渉信号と所望参照信号の相関が下がるため電力が積み上がりにくく、干渉検出が困難になりやすい。
FIG. 12 shows an example of occurrence of interference oversight which is a problem of the conventional system (Patent Document 1).
In Patent Literature 1, when the difference between the average power of 1 CPI in each range and the power of a single hit in the same range exceeds a threshold, it is determined that there is interference. According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, although the interference detection accuracy is high when the power difference between the desired signal and the interference signal is large, the detection accuracy decreases when the power is substantially the same. In a pulse compression radar that performs pulse compression on a signal that has been subjected to frequency or code modulation, the correlation between the interference signal and the desired reference signal is reduced, so that power is not easily accumulated and interference detection is likely to be difficult.

図12(a)は、所望信号と干渉信号のパルス長がそれぞれ108μsecと56μsec、変調周波数がそれぞれ1.65MHzと1.5Mzの線形チャープ信号であり、1CPI当たりのヒット数が32、レンジ番号100番目〜540番目に降水エコー(所望信号)が分布し、干渉信号が5、15、25ヒット目のレンジ番号およそ260番目〜290番目付近に混信する環境を模擬している。所望信号の平均SNは50dB、干渉信号の平均SNは75dBである。   FIG. 12A is a linear chirp signal in which the pulse lengths of the desired signal and the interference signal are 108 μsec and 56 μsec, respectively, and the modulation frequencies are 1.65 MHz and 1.5 Mz, respectively. The number of hits per CPI is 32, and the range number 100th to 100th. At 540th, a precipitation echo (desired signal) is distributed, and the interference signal simulates an environment in which interference signals are present in the vicinity of the 260th to 290th range numbers of the 5, 15, and 25th hits. The average SN of the desired signal is 50 dB, and the average SN of the interference signal is 75 dB.

図12(b)は、干渉が混信している5ヒット目の各レンジIQの電力(振幅値の2乗)を図示したもので、この図から丸で囲ったレンジ周辺に干渉が生じていることが確認できる。
図12(c)は、275番目のレンジデータの各ヒットの電力を図示している。図12(c)から分かるように、観測対象が独立に運動する粒子の塊である雲や雨である気象レーダでは、1CPI当たりの各ヒットの電力は干渉混信がない場合も干渉混信ヒットを除いた平均電力と比較して10dB程度変動する。特許文献1のように、1CPIの平均電力と各ヒットの受信電力差を用いると、干渉信号が所望参照信号との相関低下によりパルス圧縮で信号が積み上がらず、所望信号との電力差が低下する場合、干渉見逃しが発生し推定精度が低下することは容易に想像がつく。
FIG. 12B illustrates the power (square of the amplitude value) of each range IQ of the fifth hit where interference is caused by interference, and interference occurs around the range circled from this figure. Can be confirmed.
FIG. 12C illustrates the power of each hit of the 275th range data. As can be seen from FIG. 12 (c), in a weather radar in which the observation target is a cloud of particles that independently move, such as a cloud or rain, the power of each hit per CPI excludes the interference cross hit even when there is no interference. Fluctuates about 10 dB compared to the average power. When the average power of 1 CPI and the received power difference of each hit are used as in Patent Document 1, the interference signal does not accumulate by pulse compression due to reduced correlation with the desired reference signal, and the power difference from the desired signal decreases. In such a case, it is easy to imagine that interference is overlooked and the estimation accuracy is reduced.

これに対して、図4に干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮することで干渉見逃しを低減可能なことを示す1例を示す。図4(a)は、図12と等しい所望信号ならびに干渉信号に対して、干渉が混信している5ヒット目の全レンジIQの電力(振幅値の2乗)を図示している。図4(a)より、干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮することで干渉混信レンジに急峻なピークが生じることが確認できる。   On the other hand, FIG. 4 shows an example showing that it is possible to reduce missed interference by performing pulse compression with an interference reference signal. FIG. 4A illustrates the power (square of the amplitude value) of the entire range IQ of the fifth hit where interference occurs with respect to the desired signal and the interference signal equal to FIG. From FIG. 4A, it can be confirmed that a steep peak occurs in the interference interference range by performing pulse compression with the interference reference signal.

図4(b)は、実線が干渉混信している325番目のレンジデータの各ヒットの電力を、点線PAが干渉混信なしのヒットの平均電力を示している。また、比較のため、図4(b)において、所望信号でパルス圧縮した場合の275番目のレンジデータの各ヒットの電力を点線で示し、干渉混信なしのヒットの平均電力を点線PBで示しておく(図12(c)の再掲)。図4(a)から、所望参照信号でパルス圧縮する場合、干渉混信信号電力と干渉なしヒットの平均電力差は10dBに満たないが、干渉参照信号でまずパルス圧縮することで干渉混信信号電力と所望信号電力差が20dB以上に増加することが確認できる。このように、干渉参照信号でまずパルス圧縮することで、干渉信号電力と平均電力差が増大しやすく、干渉見逃しを低減しやすいことが予想できる。   In FIG. 4B, the solid line indicates the power of each hit of the 325th range data causing interference interference, and the dotted line PA indicates the average power of hits without interference interference. For comparison, in FIG. 4B, the power of each hit of the 275th range data when pulse compression is performed with a desired signal is indicated by a dotted line, and the average power of hits without interference interference is indicated by a dotted line PB. (Re-listed in FIG. 12 (c)). From FIG. 4A, when pulse compression is performed with the desired reference signal, the difference between the interference power of the interference signal and the average power of the hit without interference is less than 10 dB. It can be confirmed that the desired signal power difference increases to 20 dB or more. In this way, by first performing pulse compression with the interference reference signal, it can be expected that the difference between the interference signal power and the average power is likely to increase, and that it is easy to reduce missed interference.

干渉参照信号は、近接レーダ波形情報を管理するデータベース等を設け、適宜データベースから干渉信号情報を取得し参照信号を生成してもよいし、事前に干渉観測モードで推定したおいた干渉参照情報を用いて参照信号を生成してもよい。干渉観測モードで干渉参照信号を推定する場合、干渉参照信号生成部300は、図5に示す干渉信号解析部を具備する。この干渉信号解析部は、パルス長推定部301と、周波数解析部302と、変調推定部303と、を備えてもよい。干渉信号解析部の処理の1例を、図6に示すフローチャートに従い説明する。   The interference reference signal may be provided with a database or the like that manages the proximity radar waveform information, may appropriately acquire the interference signal information from the database to generate a reference signal, or may generate the interference reference information estimated in advance in the interference observation mode. The reference signal may be generated using the reference signal. When estimating the interference reference signal in the interference observation mode, the interference reference signal generator 300 includes the interference signal analyzer shown in FIG. The interference signal analyzer may include a pulse length estimator 301, a frequency analyzer 302, and a modulation estimator 303. An example of the process of the interference signal analysis unit will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

パルス長推定部301では、まず干渉観測モードの受信信号が入力される(ステップS201)。そして、入力の各レンジデータ電力を閾値と比較し(ステップS202)、閾値を超える場合にデータに干渉混信ありと決定する(ステップS203)。閾値を超えない場合や干渉データを決定した後、全てのレンジデータのチェックが完了したか確認し(ステップS204)、完了していなければステップS202の処理に戻り、完了した場合、決定した干渉データ長から干渉パルス長を推定する(ステップS205)。周波数解析部302では、干渉信号に対して、スペクトログラムで時間的な周波数変化を解析する(ステップS206)。変調推定部303では、解析周波数の中から規定点数分だけ周波数代表値を抽出し(ステップS207)、抽出点を回帰分析で近似し、干渉信号の変調周波数を推定する(ステップS208)。   First, the received signal in the interference observation mode is input to the pulse length estimation unit 301 (step S201). Then, each input range data power is compared with a threshold (step S202), and when the power exceeds the threshold, it is determined that the data has interference interference (step S203). If it does not exceed the threshold or after determining the interference data, it is checked whether all range data checks have been completed (step S204). If not completed, the process returns to step S202. The interference pulse length is estimated from the length (step S205). The frequency analysis unit 302 analyzes a temporal frequency change of the interference signal using a spectrogram (step S206). The modulation estimator 303 extracts frequency representative values for the specified number of points from the analysis frequencies (step S207), approximates the extracted points by regression analysis, and estimates the modulation frequency of the interference signal (step S208).

(第2の実施形態)
第1の実施形態に記載の干渉参照信号生成部300の干渉信号解析部によれば、干渉信号の大まかな波形情報を推定可能だが、推定誤差の発生は避けられない。また、データベースから波形情報を取得し干渉参照信号を生成する場合も、レーダ間のサンプリングクロックや発振周波数ずれから、干渉参照信号に誤差が生じることが予想される。第2の実施形態は、複数の干渉参照信号から受信干渉信号により適した干渉参照信号を選択できるようにしたものである。第2の実施形態によれば、干渉信号と誤差の少ない干渉参照信号で干渉を検出するため、干渉見逃しを低減し、所望信号の推定精度を向上させることができる。
(Second embodiment)
According to the interference signal analysis unit of the interference reference signal generation unit 300 described in the first embodiment, rough waveform information of the interference signal can be estimated, but occurrence of an estimation error is inevitable. Also, when acquiring waveform information from a database and generating an interference reference signal, an error is expected to occur in the interference reference signal due to a sampling clock or oscillation frequency shift between radars. In the second embodiment, an interference reference signal more suitable for a received interference signal can be selected from a plurality of interference reference signals. According to the second embodiment, since interference is detected with an interference reference signal having a small error from the interference signal, it is possible to reduce missed interference and improve the estimation accuracy of a desired signal.

図7は、第2の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図である。第2の実施形態には、第1逆フーリエ変換部203の後に干渉参照信号選択部900が設けられる。第2の実施形態において、第1の実施形態と異なる処理について、図8に示すフローチャートに従い説明する。   FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a radar device according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, an interference reference signal selection unit 900 is provided after the first inverse Fourier transform unit 203. In the second embodiment, processing different from that of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

第2の実施形態では、フーリ変換後の受信信号を干渉信号乗積部に入力する(ステップS301)。干渉参照信号乗積部202は、複数の干渉参照信号候補を保持しており、逐次処理もしくは並列処理で入力に干渉参照信号候補を乗積する(ステップS302)。例えば、干渉信号が線形チャープ信号の場合、パルス長ならびに変調周波数を規定範囲内で規定刻み幅分変更することで、複数の干渉参照信号候補を生成できる。干渉信号が非線形チャープの場合は、周波数代表点を変更する、もしくは回帰分析の初期値を変更する等の処理により、複数の干渉参照信号候補を生成してもよい。ステップS302の出力を逆フーリエ変換することで干渉参照信号によるパルス圧縮を実行し(ステップS303)、干渉参照信号候補数分パルス圧縮を実行したか確認する(ステップS304)。全候補数分完了していない場合、ステップS302に戻り実行していない干渉参照信号に対するパルス圧縮を実行する。全候補数分完了した場合は、各候補でパルス圧縮後の電力を比較し、最大電力の干渉参照信号候補を、干渉参照信号として選択する(ステップS305)。   In the second embodiment, the received signal after the Fourier transform is input to the interference signal product unit (step S301). The interference reference signal multiplying unit 202 holds a plurality of interference reference signal candidates, and multiplies the input with the interference reference signal candidates by sequential processing or parallel processing (step S302). For example, when the interference signal is a linear chirp signal, a plurality of interference reference signal candidates can be generated by changing the pulse length and the modulation frequency within a specified range by a specified step width. When the interference signal is a nonlinear chirp, a plurality of interference reference signal candidates may be generated by processing such as changing the frequency representative point or changing the initial value of the regression analysis. By performing an inverse Fourier transform on the output of step S302, pulse compression using the interference reference signal is performed (step S303), and it is confirmed whether pulse compression has been performed for the number of interference reference signal candidates (step S304). If the processing has not been completed for all the candidates, the process returns to step S302 to execute pulse compression on the interference reference signal that has not been executed. If the processing is completed for all candidates, the power after pulse compression is compared for each candidate, and the interference reference signal candidate having the maximum power is selected as the interference reference signal (step S305).

(第3の実施形態)
上記のレーダ装置において、干渉検出閾値を低くすると干渉見逃しは低減できるが、干渉の誤検出が増加する。すなわち、所望信号をもブランキングで無効値化してしまい、所望信号成分が除去されて推定精度が低下する恐れがある。第3の実施形態は、ブランキングされたデータの周辺レンジデータを利用して、ブランキングではなく信号補間することで干渉成分を除去するようにしたものである。第3の実施形態によれば、ブランキング処理による所望信号の欠損を回避し、推定精度を向上することができる。
(Third embodiment)
In the above-mentioned radar apparatus, when the interference detection threshold value is lowered, the oversight of interference can be reduced, but erroneous detection of interference increases. That is, the desired signal is also invalidated by blanking, and the desired signal component is removed, which may lower the estimation accuracy. In the third embodiment, interference components are removed by performing signal interpolation instead of blanking using peripheral range data of blanked data. According to the third embodiment, loss of a desired signal due to blanking processing can be avoided, and estimation accuracy can be improved.

図9は、第3の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図である。なお、第3の実施形態は第2の実施形態の干渉検出部400の後に補間情報計算部1000を追加した構成になっているが、第1の実施形態の同箇所に補間情報計算部1000を追加する構成であってもよい。   FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a radar device according to the third embodiment. Note that the third embodiment has a configuration in which an interpolation information calculation unit 1000 is added after the interference detection unit 400 of the second embodiment, but the interpolation information calculation unit 1000 is provided at the same location in the first embodiment. An additional configuration may be used.

第3の実施形態において、第1の実施形態もしくは第2の実施形態と異なる処理について、図10に示すフローチャートに従い説明する。
補間情報計算部1000では、受信時間順にサンプリングされたIQデータと前記干渉識別データが入力され(ステップS401)、干渉識別データに基づき、干渉データのIQ位相が計算される(ステップS402)。次に、干渉データの両隣のレンジデータの振幅値を代表補間振幅値として抽出する(ステップS403)。なお、複数レンジに渡って干渉が存在する場合、干渉レンジ番号が最小ならびに最大のデータの両隣のデータの振幅値を代表補間振幅値として抽出する。次に、代表補間振幅値から干渉データの補間振幅値を計算し(ステップS404)、補間情報計算部1000から出力する。なお補間値は、線形補間やガウス補間等により計算してもよい。干渉除去部500では、干渉データを補間情報計算部1000の出力で置き換える(ステップS405)。なお、干渉除去部500で置き換えるデータは、ステップS402で計算した位相値とステップS404で計算した補間振幅値を乗積した値や、ステップS404で計算した補間振幅値そのものを用いればよい。なお、補間値に補間振幅値そのものを用いる場合には、ステップS402の処理は省いてよい。
In the third embodiment, processing different from that of the first embodiment or the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The interpolation information calculation unit 1000 receives the IQ data sampled in the reception time order and the interference identification data (step S401), and calculates the IQ phase of the interference data based on the interference identification data (step S402). Next, the amplitude values of the range data on both sides of the interference data are extracted as representative interpolation amplitude values (step S403). When interference exists over a plurality of ranges, the amplitude values of the data on both sides of the data having the smallest and largest interference range numbers are extracted as representative interpolation amplitude values. Next, an interpolation amplitude value of the interference data is calculated from the representative interpolation amplitude value (step S404), and output from the interpolation information calculation unit 1000. Note that the interpolation value may be calculated by linear interpolation, Gaussian interpolation, or the like. The interference removal unit 500 replaces the interference data with the output of the interpolation information calculation unit 1000 (Step S405). As the data to be replaced by the interference removing unit 500, a value obtained by multiplying the phase value calculated in step S402 by the interpolation amplitude value calculated in step S404, or the interpolation amplitude value itself calculated in step S404 may be used. When the interpolation amplitude value itself is used as the interpolation value, the processing in step S402 may be omitted.

(第4の実施形態)
近年の気象観測業界では、粒子判定や降雨形状の推定に有効な水平偏波と垂直偏波の偏波間情報を利用するマルチパラメータレーダが主流となりつつある。マルチパラメータレーダでは、偏波間の電力差や位相差、相関値を計算する(非特許文献1参照)。偏波間情報を観測する場合、干渉除去処理を各偏波に対し独立に実施した場合、偏波間の関係性が崩れ、マルチパラメータ推定精度が低下する恐れがある。第4の実施形態は、干渉除去するデータを偏波間で共通化するようにしたものである。第4の実施形態によれば、偏波間で別々に信号を除去されることはなくなり、偏波間の関係性が崩れないため高精度に偏波間情報を推定できる。
(Fourth embodiment)
In the recent meteorological observation industry, multi-parameter radar using information between horizontal and vertical polarizations, which is effective for particle determination and estimation of rainfall shape, is becoming mainstream. In a multi-parameter radar, a power difference, a phase difference, and a correlation value between polarizations are calculated (see Non-Patent Document 1). When observing the information between polarizations, if the interference removal processing is performed independently for each polarization, the relationship between the polarizations may be broken, and the multi-parameter estimation accuracy may be reduced. In the fourth embodiment, data to be subjected to interference removal is shared between polarizations. According to the fourth embodiment, signals are not separately removed between polarizations, and the relationship between polarizations is not broken, so that it is possible to estimate the polarization information with high accuracy.

図11は、第4の実施形態に係るレーダ装置の構成を示すブロック図である。なお、第4の実施形態は第3の実施形態の干渉検出部400の後に偏波間干渉データ共通化部1100が追加された構成になっているが、第1の実施形態や第2の実施形態の同箇所に偏波間干渉データ共通化部1100を追加するようにしてもよい。   FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a radar device according to the fourth embodiment. Note that the fourth embodiment has a configuration in which an inter-polarization interference data sharing unit 1100 is added after the interference detection unit 400 of the third embodiment. However, the first embodiment and the second embodiment May be added to the same location.

第4の実施形態では、受信部100に水平偏波と垂直偏波の各偏波信号が入力され、既述の各処理を実施し干渉検出部400で各偏波の干渉識別データが出力される。なお、干渉識別データは、干渉混信ありのレンジに0を、干渉混信なしのレンジに1が入力されたデータベクトルとしてもよい。   In the fourth embodiment, each of the polarization signals of the horizontal polarization and the vertical polarization is input to the reception unit 100, the above-described processing is performed, and the interference detection unit 400 outputs the interference identification data of each polarization. You. The interference identification data may be a data vector in which 0 is input in a range with interference interference and 1 is input in a range without interference interference.

偏波間干渉データ共通化部1100では、各偏波の干渉識別データを共通化する。例えば、各偏波の干渉識別データのOR演算を行うことで偏波間の干渉識別データを共通化できる。このように、偏波間で共通化された干渉識別データに基づき信号除去することで、偏波間で共通の信号除去処理が実施され(必ず両偏波の信号除去処理が実施される)、偏波間の情報を維持することができる。   The inter-polarization interference data sharing unit 1100 shares the interference identification data of each polarization. For example, by performing an OR operation on the interference identification data of each polarization, the interference identification data between the polarizations can be shared. As described above, by removing the signal based on the interference identification data shared between the polarizations, the common signal removal processing is performed between the polarizations (the signal removal processing for both polarizations is always performed). Information can be maintained.

なお、上記実施形態では、周波数変調を施したパルス信号を送信信号としたが、変調方式は周波数変調に限らず、符号化変調等のパルス圧縮用の他の変調方式でもよい。
また、上記実施形態では、パルス圧縮を前提に説明したが、パルス圧縮を実施しない場合についても、本実施形態は有効に機能する。
In the above embodiment, the pulse signal subjected to the frequency modulation is used as the transmission signal. However, the modulation method is not limited to the frequency modulation, but may be another modulation method for pulse compression such as coded modulation.
Although the above embodiment has been described on the premise that pulse compression is performed, the present embodiment functions effectively even when pulse compression is not performed.

また、本発明は上記実施形態そのままに限定されるものではなく、実施段階ではその要旨を逸脱しない範囲で構成要素を変形して具体化できる。また、上記実施形態に開示されている複数の構成要素の適宜な組み合わせにより、種々の発明を形成できる。例えば、実施形態に示される全構成要素から幾つかの構成要素を削除してもよい。さらに、異なる実施形態にわたる構成要素を適宜組み合わせてもよい。   Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the gist thereof at the stage of implementation. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Further, components of different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

100…受信部、200…干渉パルス圧縮部、201…第1フーリエ変換部、202…干渉参照信号乗積部、203…第1逆フーリエ変換部、300…干渉参照信号生成部、301…パルス長推定部、302…周波数解析部、303…変調推定部、400…干渉検出部、500…干渉除去部、60A…所望信号復元部、60B…所望パルス圧縮部、601…第2フーリエ変換部、602…所望信号復元部、603…所望参照信号乗積部、604…第2逆フーリエ変換部、700…所望参照信号生成部、900…干渉参照信号選択部、1000…補間情報計算部、1100…偏波間干渉データ共通化部。   Reference Signs List 100: receiving unit, 200: interference pulse compression unit, 201: first Fourier transform unit, 202: interference reference signal product unit, 203: first inverse Fourier transform unit, 300: interference reference signal generation unit, 301: pulse length Estimating section, 302: frequency analyzing section, 303: modulation estimating section, 400: interference detecting section, 500: interference removing section, 60A: desired signal restoring section, 60B: desired pulse compressing section, 601: second Fourier transform section, 602 ... desired signal restoring unit, 603 ... desired reference signal multiplying unit, 604 ... second inverse Fourier transform unit, 700 ... desired reference signal generating unit, 900 ... interference reference signal selecting unit, 1000 ... interpolation information calculating unit, 1100 ... Inter-wave interference data sharing unit.

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変調パルス信号による送信信号の反射波を受信するレーダ装置であって、
前記送信信号が観測対象より反射された所望信号と他のレーダ装置から送信された干渉信号とを受信する受信部と、
前記干渉信号に関する情報から干渉参照信号を生成する干渉参照信号生成部と、
前記受信部の出力を前記干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮する干渉パルス圧縮部と、
前記干渉パルス圧縮部の出力を閾値と比較し干渉が混信するデータを検出する干渉検出部と、
前記干渉検出部で検出された干渉データをブランキングする干渉除去部と、
前記干渉参照信号を用いて前記干渉除去部の出力から前記所望信号を復元する所望信号復元部と、
を具備するレーダ装置。
A radar device for receiving a reflected wave of a transmission signal by a modulated pulse signal,
A reception unit that receives a desired signal reflected from the observation target and an interference signal transmitted from another radar device,
An interference reference signal generation unit that generates an interference reference signal from information on the interference signal,
An interference pulse compression unit that performs pulse compression on the output of the reception unit with the interference reference signal,
An interference detection unit that compares the output of the interference pulse compression unit with a threshold and detects data that interferes with interference,
An interference removing unit that blanks the interference data detected by the interference detecting unit,
A desired signal restoration unit that restores the desired signal from the output of the interference removal unit using the interference reference signal,
A radar device comprising:
前記干渉パルス圧縮部は、
前記受信部の出力をフーリエ変換する第1フーリエ変換部と、
前記第1フーリエ変換部の出力と前記干渉参照信号を乗積する干渉参照信号乗積部と、
前記干渉参照信号乗積部の出力を逆フーリエ変換する第1逆フーリエ変換部と、
を備える請求項1記載のレーダ装置。
The interference pulse compression unit,
A first Fourier transform unit for performing a Fourier transform on an output of the receiving unit;
An interference reference signal multiplying unit that multiplies the output of the first Fourier transform unit and the interference reference signal,
A first inverse Fourier transform unit for performing an inverse Fourier transform on an output of the interference reference signal product unit;
The radar device according to claim 1, further comprising:
さらに、
前記所望信号に関する情報から所望参照信号を生成する所望参照信号生成部と、
前記所望信号復元部の出力を前記所望参照信号でパルス圧縮する所望パルス圧縮部と
を備える請求項1記載のレーダ装置。
further,
A desired reference signal generation unit that generates a desired reference signal from information on the desired signal,
The radar apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a desired pulse compression unit that performs pulse compression on an output of the desired signal restoration unit using the desired reference signal.
前記所望信号復元部及び所望パルス圧縮部は、
前記干渉除去部の出力をフーリエ変換する第2フーリエ変換部と、
前記第2フーリエ変換部の出力から前記干渉参照信号で所望信号を復元する復元部と、
前記復元部の出力に前記所望参照信号を乗積してパルス圧縮する乗積部と、
前記乗積部の出力を逆フーリエ変換する第2逆フーリエ変換部と
を備える請求項3記載のレーダ装置。
The desired signal restoration unit and the desired pulse compression unit,
A second Fourier transform unit for performing a Fourier transform on an output of the interference removing unit;
A restoration unit for restoring a desired signal with the interference reference signal from an output of the second Fourier transform unit;
A multiplying unit that multiplies the output of the reconstructing unit with the desired reference signal and performs pulse compression,
The radar device according to claim 3, further comprising a second inverse Fourier transform unit that performs an inverse Fourier transform on an output of the product unit.
前記復元部は、前記第2フーリエ変換部の出力を前記干渉参照信号で除算する請求項4記載のレーダ装置。   The radar device according to claim 4, wherein the restoration unit divides an output of the second Fourier transform unit by the interference reference signal. 前記干渉参照信号生成部は、
前記干渉参照信号を線形もしくは非線形チャープ信号とし、
干渉観測モードで受信した干渉信号を解析してパルス長と変調周波数を推定し、
推定したパルス長ならびに変調周波数に基づき前記干渉参照信号を生成する
請求項1記載のレーダ装置。
The interference reference signal generator,
The interference reference signal is a linear or nonlinear chirp signal,
Analyze the interference signal received in the interference observation mode to estimate the pulse length and modulation frequency,
The radar apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interference reference signal is generated based on the estimated pulse length and the modulation frequency.
前記干渉参照信号生成部は、
前記干渉信号の解析として、
前記干渉観測モードで受信した干渉信号電力と閾値を比較し干渉データを決定し、
前記干渉データから前記干渉信号のパルス長を推定し、
前記干渉信号の時間的な周波数変化を解析し、
解析した周波数の中から周波数代表点を抽出し、
前記周波数代表点から変調周波数を推定する
請求項6記載のレーダ装置。
The interference reference signal generator,
As an analysis of the interference signal,
Determine the interference data by comparing the interference signal power and the threshold received in the interference observation mode,
Estimating the pulse length of the interference signal from the interference data,
Analyze the temporal frequency change of the interference signal,
Extract frequency representative points from the analyzed frequencies,
7. The radar device according to claim 6, wherein a modulation frequency is estimated from the frequency representative point.
前記干渉参照信号生成部は、
複数の干渉参照信号の候補を生成し、
前記複数の干渉参照信号の候補それぞれで前記受信部の出力に干渉パルス圧縮を実行し、
前記干渉パルス圧縮の結果の中で電力が最も高い干渉参照信号を選択する
請求項1記載のレーダ装置。
The interference reference signal generator,
Generating a plurality of interference reference signal candidates;
Perform interference pulse compression on the output of the receiving unit in each of the plurality of interference reference signal candidates,
The radar apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an interference reference signal having the highest power among the results of the interference pulse compression is selected.
前記干渉参照信号生成部は、
前記複数の干渉参照信号の候補がそれぞれ線形チャープ信号の場合に、
前記複数の干渉参照信号について、それぞれパルス長及び変調周波数を規定範囲内で規定刻み幅分変更する
請求項8記載のレーダ装置。
The interference reference signal generator,
When the plurality of interference reference signal candidates are each linear chirp signals,
9. The radar apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a pulse length and a modulation frequency of each of the plurality of interference reference signals are changed by a specified step width within a specified range.
さらに、
前記干渉検出部で検出された干渉データの両隣の無干渉データの振幅値を代表補間振幅値として計算する補間情報計算部を備え、
前記補間情報計算部は、前記干渉データの振幅値を前記代表補間振幅値から推定し、
前記干渉除去部は、前記干渉データを前記推定された振幅値で置き換える
請求項1記載のレーダ装置。
further,
An interpolation information calculation unit that calculates the amplitude value of the non-interference data on both sides of the interference data detected by the interference detection unit as a representative interpolation amplitude value,
The interpolation information calculation unit estimates the amplitude value of the interference data from the representative interpolation amplitude value,
The radar device according to claim 1, wherein the interference removing unit replaces the interference data with the estimated amplitude value.
前記補間情報計算部は、前記干渉データのIQ信号の位相情報を計算し、
前記干渉除去部は、前記干渉データを前記推定された振幅値と前記位相情報を乗積した値で置き換える
請求項10記載のレーダ装置。
The interpolation information calculation unit calculates the phase information of the IQ signal of the interference data,
The radar apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the interference removing unit replaces the interference data with a value obtained by multiplying the estimated amplitude value and the phase information.
さらに、
前記送信信号が水平偏波と垂直偏波で送信し、それぞれの反射波を受信する場合に、前記水平偏波と前記垂直偏波の偏波間で干渉除去するデータを共通化する共通化部を備え、
前記干渉除去部は、前記共通化部で共通化された偏波間の干渉除去データに該当するデータを除去する
請求項1記載のレーダ装置。
further,
When the transmission signal is transmitted in a horizontal polarization and a vertical polarization, when receiving the respective reflected waves, a common unit that commonizes data for removing interference between the horizontal polarization and the vertical polarization. Prepare,
The radar device according to claim 1, wherein the interference removing unit removes data corresponding to interference removal data between polarizations shared by the sharing unit.
変調パルス信号による送信信号の反射波を受信するレーダ装置のレーダ信号処理方法であって、
前記送信信号が観測対象より反射された所望信号と他のレーダ装置から送信された干渉信号とを受信し、
前記干渉信号に関する情報から干渉参照信号を生成し、
前記受信した信号の出力を前記干渉参照信号でパルス圧縮し、
前記パルス圧縮された信号を閾値と比較して干渉が混信する干渉データを検出し、
前記検出された干渉データをブランキングし、
前記干渉参照信号を用いて前記ブランキングされた干渉データから前記所望信号を復元する
レーダ装置のレーダ信号処理方法。
A radar signal processing method for a radar device that receives a reflected wave of a transmission signal by a modulated pulse signal,
The transmission signal receives a desired signal reflected from an observation target and an interference signal transmitted from another radar device,
Generating an interference reference signal from information about the interference signal,
Pulse compression of the output of the received signal with the interference reference signal,
Detecting interference data where interference is caused by comparing the pulse-compressed signal with a threshold,
Blanking the detected interference data,
A radar signal processing method for a radar apparatus for restoring the desired signal from the blanked interference data using the interference reference signal.
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