高分辨雷达基于智能语义分割的黎曼流形复杂环境杂波抑制方法
High-Resolution Radar Clutter Suppression Method on Riemannian Manifold Based on Intelligent Semantic Segmentation in Complicated Environments
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摘要: 复杂杂波环境严重干扰对迁飞生物和无人机等低空目标的雷达探测,导致目标漏检与检测虚警的增多,因此,亟须研究有效的杂波抑制方法。本文提出一种基于智能语义分割的黎曼流形杂波抑制方法,在高分辨雷达低空气象杂波与地杂波叠加、杂波类型与特性随空间变化的复杂杂波环境中有效实现杂波抑制。该方法首先基于U-net网络实现对多类型杂波的智能语义分割,在距离-多普勒域辨识不同类型的杂波区域,引导后续杂波分治抑制。利用由高分辨相控阵雷达采集的实测雨杂波与地杂波数据构建杂波语义分割数据集,用于训练杂波智能语义分割网络。杂波智能语义分割将高分辨雷达回波在多普勒维按杂波类别划分为不同子频带。其次,针对每一类杂波区域,利用参考单元样本在黎曼流形中的几何均值估计杂波功率谱密度,其中,参考单元由杂波语义分割结果选择,有效避免将时频特性不同的样本用于估计。最后,基于杂波功率谱密度构建自适应杂波抑制滤波器,实现杂波抑制。本文基于不同天气、不同雷达波位采集的多组实测高分辨杂波数据验证了所提杂波抑制方法的性能,采用实测杂波数据叠加仿真目标、包含杂波与目标的实测数据两种情况下的实验结果表明,所提方法在复杂多类型杂波环境中能够有效抑制杂波,提高目标信杂比。Abstract: Radar detection of low-altitude targets, such as migrating biological entities and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is heavily impacted by complex clutter environments, resulting in increased missed detections and false alarms. Addressing this challenge requires effective clutter suppression methods. This paper introduces a clutter suppression method based on intelligent semantic segmentation on the Riemannian manifold, designed to handle high-resolution clutter in complicated environments. In such scenarios, low-altitude weather clutter and ground clutter are superimposed, with clutter types and characteristics exhibiting spatial variability. The proposed method employs intelligent semantic segmentation using a U-net architecture to distinguish various clutter types in the range-Doppler domain. This segmentation identifies clutter regions and informs subsequent clutter suppression strategies. A clutter semantic segmentation dataset, constructed using real rain and ground clutter data collected by a high-resolution phased array radar, was used to train the intelligent segmentation network. The semantic segmentation process categorizes high-resolution radar echoes into subbands in the Doppler dimension based on clutter type. For each clutter region, the clutter power spectral density (PSD) is estimated using the geometric mean of reference cell samples on the Riemannian manifold. Reference cells are selected based on segmentation results, ensuring that samples with consistent time-frequency characteristics are used for estimation. Finally, an adaptive clutter suppression filter is constructed using the clutter PSD to achieve effective suppression. The proposed method is validated using real high-resolution clutter data obtained under diverse weather conditions and radar positions. Experimental results from two scenarios—real clutter data with simulated targets and real data containing both clutter and targets—demonstrate that the method effectively suppresses clutter in complex, multi-type environments. This approach significantly enhances the signal-to-clutter ratio of targets, improving detection performance in challenging conditions.