基于贪婪积累的信息几何雷达弱小目标检测前跟踪方法

Greedy Integration-Based Information Geometry Track-Before-Detect Method for Weak Radar Targets

  • 摘要: 针对复杂杂波背景下的雷达弱小目标检测问题,本文利用信息几何检测方法在流形上的目标与杂波区分性能优势,结合检测前跟踪算法的多帧信息积累能力,提出了一种基于贪婪积累的信息几何检测前跟踪方法。通过建立雷达多帧回波信号的高维流形表示,将目标与杂波在流形上的距离作为特征差异,通过多帧特征差异的积累,使目标与杂波在流形上的特征轨迹逐渐分离,差异性显著增强。该方法将流形上的特征差异作为多帧积累量,通过贪婪积累算法逐步凸显目标并输出其轨迹。通过贪婪积累算法的一系列局部最优前向决策,在实现多帧联合处理的同时可逐帧输出当前最优轨迹估计。通过实测数据实验验证,基于贪婪积累的信息几何检测前跟踪算法可实现优于传统基于能量的检测前跟踪算法的检测性能。所提方法可实现与基于动态规划的矩阵信息几何检测前跟踪算法相近的检测性能,并将运算时间降低80%。相比传统基于能量的检测前跟踪算法,所提方法可以将检测信杂比提高约2 dB,获得检测概率提升10%以上,同时具有更高的轨迹估计精度。

     

    Abstract: This study addresses the difficulty of detecting weak radar targets in complex clutter backgrounds. The superior capability of information geometry detection methods in distinguishing targets from clutter on manifolds and the multi-frame information integration ability of track-before-detect (TBD) algorithms are leveraged. A greedy integration-based information geometry TBD method is proposed. By establishing a high-dimensional manifold representation of radar multi-frame echo signals, the distance between the target and clutter on the manifold is used as a feature difference. Through the integration of multi-frame feature differences, the target and clutter feature trajectories on the multi-frame manifold gradually separate, significantly increasing their dissimilarity. This method uses feature differences on the manifold as multi-frame integration quantities and uses a greedy integration algorithm to achieve multi-frame information integration. This distinguishes targets from complex clutter backgrounds and outputs target trajectories. Through a series of locally optimal forward decisions made by the greedy integration algorithm, multi-frame joint processing is achieved while outputting the current best estimate frame-by-frame. Experimental validation using measured data demonstrates that the greedy integration-based information geometry TBD algorithm achieves superior detection performance compared with traditional energy-feature-based TBD algorithms. The proposed method can achieve a detection performance like that of the matrix information geometry dynamic programming TBD algorithm. It also reduces the computation time by 80%. Compared to traditional energy-based TBD algorithms, the proposed method improves the detection signal-to-clutter ratio by approximately 2 dB, increases the detection probability by more than 10%, and achieves a higher trajectory estimation accuracy.

     

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