Title :
A Novel Method for Direction of Arrival Measurement
Author :
Li, Yang ; Zeng, Tao ; Long, Teng ; Wang, Zheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol.
Abstract :
The radar seeker of missile under consideration uses monopulse techniques measure the target angular displacements. However, when multiple unresolved targets are present, the angular information cannot be extracted correctly. A novel method is proposed which implements a long coherent integration and the fractional Fourier transform to resolve such targets instead of the conventional Fourier transform. The accuracy of DOA measurements is guaranteed as shown in the simulation results
Keywords :
Fourier transforms; direction-of-arrival estimation; missiles; radar signal processing; direction of arrival measurement; fractional Fourier transform; missile; monopulse technique; radar seeker; target angular displacement; Chirp; Direction of arrival estimation; Doppler radar; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Missiles; Radar cross section; Radar tracking; Signal processing; Signal resolution; DOA measurement; Monopulse; the fractional Fourier transform; unresolved targets;
Conference_Titel :
Radar, 2006. CIE '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9582-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9583-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICR.2006.343337