Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction

In distributed radar, a coherent system often gains attention for its higher detection potential in contrast to its non-coherent counterpart. However, even for a distributed coherent radar, it is difficult to coherently accumulate local observations in the searching mode if target returns in local c...

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Main Authors: Aoya Wang, Jing Lu, Shenghua Zhou, Linhai Wang
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description In distributed radar, a coherent system often gains attention for its higher detection potential in contrast to its non-coherent counterpart. However, even for a distributed coherent radar, it is difficult to coherently accumulate local observations in the searching mode if target returns in local channels are decorrelated. In order to obtain the superiority of coherent processing while overcoming the real implementation difficulties of a coherent framework, this paper studies a distributed coherent detection algorithm for fusion detection. It is utilized in detecting a target during tracking while a target is searched for in a non-coherent manner. From historic observations on target tracking, relative phase delays in different channels are predicted by a phase lock loop and then used to compensate phases for observations in the current frame. Moreover, to enhance the detection performance of distributed radar during tracking, a switching rule between phase prediction-based coherent and non-coherent processing is proposed based on their detection performance. Numerical results indicate that the switching operation can improve the detection probability during tracking, and the non-coherent operation can still provide a moderate detection performance if the phase prediction is unreliable.
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spelling doaj-art-57bd1e7fb51543e9aef43a68d4b006182025-08-20T02:01:09ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922024-12-011624477910.3390/rs16244779Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase PredictionAoya Wang0Jing Lu1Shenghua Zhou2Linhai Wang3National Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaIn distributed radar, a coherent system often gains attention for its higher detection potential in contrast to its non-coherent counterpart. However, even for a distributed coherent radar, it is difficult to coherently accumulate local observations in the searching mode if target returns in local channels are decorrelated. In order to obtain the superiority of coherent processing while overcoming the real implementation difficulties of a coherent framework, this paper studies a distributed coherent detection algorithm for fusion detection. It is utilized in detecting a target during tracking while a target is searched for in a non-coherent manner. From historic observations on target tracking, relative phase delays in different channels are predicted by a phase lock loop and then used to compensate phases for observations in the current frame. Moreover, to enhance the detection performance of distributed radar during tracking, a switching rule between phase prediction-based coherent and non-coherent processing is proposed based on their detection performance. Numerical results indicate that the switching operation can improve the detection probability during tracking, and the non-coherent operation can still provide a moderate detection performance if the phase prediction is unreliable.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/24/4779distributed radarcoherent detectionphase estimationphase lock loop
spellingShingle Aoya Wang
Jing Lu
Shenghua Zhou
Linhai Wang
Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction
Remote Sensing
distributed radar
coherent detection
phase estimation
phase lock loop
title Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction
title_full Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction
title_fullStr Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction
title_full_unstemmed Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction
title_short Distributed Target Detection with Coherent Fusion in Tracking Based on Phase Prediction
title_sort distributed target detection with coherent fusion in tracking based on phase prediction
topic distributed radar
coherent detection
phase estimation
phase lock loop
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/24/4779
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