Fast post-Doppler STAP with road map for traffic monitoring: overview and first results

Autor: A. B. C. da Silva, S. V. Baumgartner, A. Moreira
Jazyk: German<br />English
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Advances in Radio Science, Vol 17, Pp 137-143 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1684-9965
1684-9973
DOI: 10.5194/ars-17-137-2019
Popis: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an efficient solution for road traffic monitoring due to its high spatial resolution and independence from daylight and weather conditions. In this sense, a number of ground moving target indication (GMTI) algorithms have been developed, whereas their robustness is often achieved with high costs, increased hardware complexity and high computational burden. This paper presents a fast GMTI processor that blends the powerful post-Doppler space-time adaptive processing (PD STAP) with an a priori known road map and digital elevation model (DEM). The algorithm presents great potential for real-time processing, decreased hardware complexity and low costs compared to state-of-the-art systems. It is tested using real 4-channel X-band radar data acquired with the DLR's airborne F-SAR.
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