Discrete Interference Suppression Method Based on Robust Sparse Bayesian Learning for STAP

Autor: Xiaopeng Yang, Yuze Sun, Jian Yang, Teng Long, Tapan K. Sarkar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 7, Pp 26740-26751 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2900712
Popis: Discrete interference influences the performance of existing space-time adaptive processing methods in practical scenarios. In order to effectively suppress discrete interference in real clutter environment, a discrete interference suppression method based on robust sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) is proposed for airborne phased array radar. In the proposed method, the estimation of spatial-temporal spectrum and the calibration of space-time overcomplete dictionary are carried out iteratively. During one iteration, the prominent components of clutter and discrete interference in the spatial-temporal plane are first estimated by SBL, and then the overcomplete dictionary is calibrated by calculating the error matrix. Because of the robust estimation of spatial-temporal spectral distribution, both the discrete interference and the homogeneous clutter profiles can be effectively suppressed with a small number of space-time data. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified in the nonhomogeneous environment by utilizing simulated and actual airborne phased array radar data.
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