A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources

Recently, the passive synthetic aperture (PSA) technique has been used in passive localization to improve the position accuracy of single source by estimating the Doppler parameter of the received signal. However, in the presence of multiple sources, time-frequency aliasing will lead to serious cros...

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Main Authors: Liting Zhang, Hao Huan, Tao Ran, Shangyu Zhang, Yushu Zhang, Hao Ding
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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author Liting Zhang
Hao Huan
Tao Ran
Shangyu Zhang
Yushu Zhang
Hao Ding
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Hao Huan
Tao Ran
Shangyu Zhang
Yushu Zhang
Hao Ding
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description Recently, the passive synthetic aperture (PSA) technique has been used in passive localization to improve the position accuracy of single source by estimating the Doppler parameter of the received signal. However, in the presence of multiple sources, time-frequency aliasing will lead to serious cross-term interference during Doppler signal extraction, resulting in low localization performance. To solve this problem, a spaceborne passive synthetic aperture localization algorithm based on the multiple-stay detector HOUGH transform (MSD-HOUGH) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, an improved convolutional neural network based on the adaptive histogram equalization method (AHE-CNN) is proposed to achieve source number estimation. Then, the PSA Doppler equations are established in the HOUGH domain, which can suppress the cross-term interference of the multiple emitters. Meanwhile, a multiple-stay detector (MSD) is designed to reduce the pseudo-peaks in HOUGH domain. The estimated source number determines when the MSD will be terminated. Finally, a PSA cost function is established based on the estimated Doppler parameter to achieve signal source localization. Experimental results show that compared with other localization methods, the proposed algorithm has a significant improvement for multiple signal source localization.
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spelling doaj-art-db6f2a706d58427b8048bd18e24efaf72025-08-20T02:27:38ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922024-11-011622430310.3390/rs16224303A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal SourcesLiting Zhang0Hao Huan1Tao Ran2Shangyu Zhang3Yushu Zhang4Hao Ding5Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaSchool of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaSchool of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaRecently, the passive synthetic aperture (PSA) technique has been used in passive localization to improve the position accuracy of single source by estimating the Doppler parameter of the received signal. However, in the presence of multiple sources, time-frequency aliasing will lead to serious cross-term interference during Doppler signal extraction, resulting in low localization performance. To solve this problem, a spaceborne passive synthetic aperture localization algorithm based on the multiple-stay detector HOUGH transform (MSD-HOUGH) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, an improved convolutional neural network based on the adaptive histogram equalization method (AHE-CNN) is proposed to achieve source number estimation. Then, the PSA Doppler equations are established in the HOUGH domain, which can suppress the cross-term interference of the multiple emitters. Meanwhile, a multiple-stay detector (MSD) is designed to reduce the pseudo-peaks in HOUGH domain. The estimated source number determines when the MSD will be terminated. Finally, a PSA cost function is established based on the estimated Doppler parameter to achieve signal source localization. Experimental results show that compared with other localization methods, the proposed algorithm has a significant improvement for multiple signal source localization.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/22/4303passive localizationmultiple signal sourcesHOUGHpassive synthetic aperture
spellingShingle Liting Zhang
Hao Huan
Tao Ran
Shangyu Zhang
Yushu Zhang
Hao Ding
A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources
Remote Sensing
passive localization
multiple signal sources
HOUGH
passive synthetic aperture
title A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources
title_full A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources
title_fullStr A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources
title_full_unstemmed A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources
title_short A Spaceborne Passive Localization Algorithm Based on MSD-HOUGH for Multiple Signal Sources
title_sort spaceborne passive localization algorithm based on msd hough for multiple signal sources
topic passive localization
multiple signal sources
HOUGH
passive synthetic aperture
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/22/4303
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