Title :
Correlation filters for aircraft identification from radar range profiles
Author :
Hudson, Scott ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
fDate :
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The potential for identifying aircraft using one or more radar range profiles, in conjunction with a correlator, is investigated. Two types of filter which maximize the expected value of certain correlation peaks are described. The effectiveness of one type of filter was investigated in identification experiments using an extensive data set of real radar range profiles of 24 different aircraft. The results suggest that reliable identification is possible provided aircraft aspect information is used and identifications are based on multiple profiles
Keywords :
aircraft; correlation methods; filters; identification; pattern recognition; remote sensing by radar; signal processing; aircraft identification; correlation filters; correlation peaks; effectiveness; multiple profiles; radar range profiles; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Correlators; Electromagnetic scattering; Filters; Fingerprint recognition; Optical scattering; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Radar tracking;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
