ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF DETECTION OF A RADAR SIGNAL WITH NONLINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A NON-STATIONARY INTERFERING BACKGROUND
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https://doi.org/10.15588/1607-3274-2025-1-2Keywords:
detection of radar signals, nonlinear frequency modulation, non-stationary interference background., side lobe levelAbstract
Context. Signals with long duration frequency modulation are widely used in radar, which allows increasing the radiated energy without degrading the range resolution and with peak power limitations. Increasing the product of the spectrum width by the radio pulse duration causes the passive interference zone to stretch out from the range, which leads to an interference with a more uniform intensity distribution in space and reduces the potential signal detection capabilities. Real passive obstacles have a non-stationary power distribution in space elements, so the signal reflected from the target can be detected in the gaps of passive obstacles or in areas with a lower level of them, provided that it is assessed (mapping of obstacles) and the detection threshold is adaptively set by space elements. Therefore, it is relevant to conduct research to assess the quality of detection of signals reflected from airborne targets depending on the level of non-stationarity of the interference background.
Objective. The aim of this work is to develop a methodology for assessing the influence of the level of the side lobes of signal correlation functions on the quality indicators of their detection in the presence of a non-stationary interference background of different intensity.
Method. The quality indicators of detection of frequency-modulated signals were studied. The problem of assessing the influence of the level of the lateral lobes of the correlation function on the quality indicators of signal detection against a non-stationary passive interference was solved by determining the parameters of the generalised gamma power distribution of such an interference, depending on the shape of the autocorrelation function of the signal.
Results. It is determined that for a high level of non-stationarity of the initial interference process for all signal models, the potential gain is almost the same and has a maximum value. In the case of reducing the level of non-stationarity of this process, the gain decreases. The traditional linear-frequency modulated signal gives a slightly worse result compared to nonlinear-frequency modulated signals. For all the studied frequency modulation laws, the gain is more noticeable when the requirements for signal detection quality are reduced.
Conclusions. A methodology for estimating the quality indicators of detecting echo signals on an interfering background with varying degrees of non-stationarity is developed. To improve the energy performance of detecting small-sized airborne objects against the background of non-stationary passive interference, it is advisable to use signals with nonlinear frequency modulation and reduce the probability of correct target detection.
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