Marine target classification and parameter estimation using Forward Scattering Radar

Author

Behar, V. ; Kabakchiev, Chr ; Garvanov, I.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Sofia, Bulgaria

fYear

2012

fDate

23-25 May 2012

Firstpage

539

Lastpage

542

Abstract

In this paper a possible original method for rough classification of marine target, through estimation of the velocity and linear size of moving sea objects using Forward Scattering Radar (FSR) system is present. The target velocity and size are estimated by cross-correlation between instantaneous frequencies of the input signal and the predefined reference signal. The estimation algorithm is tested on the base of real experimental signal from the boat moving with a given velocity, that have been obtained by the team from Birmingham University using Forward Scattering Radar.

Keywords

estimation theory; marine radar; object detection; parameter estimation; radar imaging; radar signal processing; scattering; Birmingham University; FSR system; forward scattering radar system; input signal instantaneous frequency; linear size estimation; marine target classification; moving sea object; parameter estimation; predefined reference signal; target detection; target velocity estimation; Boats; Doppler effect; Estimation; Radar; Radar scattering; Receivers; forward scattering radar; parameter estimation; target detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Symposium (IRS), 2012 13th International

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

2155-5754

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1838-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRS.2012.6233381

Filename

6233381