Title :
Benefits of Space Time Adaptive Processing for Air to Air operations
Author_Institution :
THALES AIRBORNE SYSTEM, Elancourt
Abstract :
The aim of the paper is to give an overview of capacities and interests of space-time adaptive processing (STAP) for air to air operations. In order to evaluate the benefits of STAP without artifact effects due to the chosen algorithm, a less computation load implementation of the maximum likelihood ratio test has been developed and is detailed in the paper. Results of simulations are shown and point out the expected benefits of STAP for clutter reduction in air to air operations
Keywords :
airborne radar; interference suppression; radar clutter; radar signal processing; space-time adaptive processing; STAP; air-to-air operation; clutter reduction; maximum likelihood ratio; space time adaptive processing; Airborne radar; Computational modeling; Covariance matrix; Doppler radar; Maximum likelihood detection; Radar clutter; Radar tracking; Receiving antennas; Testing; Transmitting antennas; Airborne forward-looking radar; Clutter cancellation; Space-Time Adaptive Processing;
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.2006.343330
