Title : 
Radar Micro-Doppler Signature Analysis with HHT
         
        
            Author : 
Cai, Chengjie ; Liu, Weixian ; Fu, Jeffrey Shiang ; Lu, Yilong
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Radar micro-Doppler signature analysis of vibrating targets with the joint time-frequency methods can provide useful information for target detection, classification, and recognition. We employ a well-known method for nonlinear and nonstationary signals, Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) as a new approach in micro-Doppler analysis. Simulation and experimental results show that it can achieve better performance than the traditional Cohen´s class time-frequency methods.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Doppler radar; Hilbert transforms; radar detection; radar signal processing; radar target recognition; time-frequency analysis; HHT; Hilbert-Huang transform; nonlinear signal; nonstationary signal; radar microDoppler signature analysis; target classification; target detection; target recognition; time-frequency methods; vibrating targets; Chirp; Information analysis; Object detection; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Signal processing algorithms; Synthetic aperture radar; Target recognition; Time frequency analysis; Vibrations;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAES.2010.5461668