GROUND MOVING TARGET DETECTION THROUGH PARTIALLY ADAPTIVE POST PULSE COMPRESSION MULTI-WAVEFORM SPACE-TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING

摘要

The present application discloses a new form of µ-STAP, referred to herein as post µ-STAP or Pµ-STAP, which overcomes the drawbacks associated with existing µ-STAP techniques. The Pµ-STAP techniques described herein facilitate the generation of additional training data and homogenization after pulse compression. For example, Pµ-STAP techniques may apply a plurality of homogenization filters to a pulse compressed datacube generated from an input radar waveform, which produces a plurality of new pulse compressed datacubes with improved characteristics. Unlike existing µ-STAP techniques described above, which require pre-pulse compressed data to operate, the Pµ-STAP techniques disclosed in the present application are designed to utilize pulse compressed data, and therefore may be readily applied to legacy radar systems.