Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a passive radar direction finding method and a passive radar direction finding system, so that the occupied area of the system is reduced, meanwhile, the interested area is finely distinguished, and the distinguishing precision is improved.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following scheme:
a passive radar direction finding method, the direction finding method comprising:
acquiring a track function of a receiver rotating around a rotation center, wherein the track of the receiver rotating around the rotation center is an elliptical track;
acquiring a slope distance history function of the target to be detected according to the track function, wherein the slope distance history function is a history function of the external radiation source signal passing through the target to be detected and reaching a receiver;
determining an echo signal according to the slope distance process;
constructing a signal identification matrix of an identification area of a target to be detected;
and acquiring the azimuth angle of the target to be detected according to the echo signal and the signal identification matrix.
Optionally, the obtaining a slope distance history function of the target to be measured according to the track function specifically includes:
obtaining the slope distance history function of the target to be measured according to the track function as R (t) ═ RT+R0Acos α cos (ω t) -bsin α sin (ω t), wherein R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be measured, RTIs the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source0The distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center is defined as a, a is a semi-major axis of the elliptical trajectory, b is a semi-minor axis of the elliptical trajectory, α is an azimuth angle of the target to be measured, and ω t is θ which is an angle of rotation of the elliptical trajectory.
Optionally, the determining an echo signal according to the ramp distance history specifically includes:
acquiring an external radiation source signal f (t) ═ exp { j2 pi ft };
determining the initial echo signal of the target to be detected according to the external radiation source signal and the slope distance history function of the target to be detected as follows:
after demodulating and discretely sampling the initial echo signal, obtaining a processed echo signal:
wherein f (t) is an external radiation source signal, g (t) is an initial echo signal of a target to be detected, g (m) is a processed echo signal of the target to be detected, exp { j … … } is in a complex exponential form, f is the frequency of the external radiation source signal, t represents the time for a receiver to receive the signal, σ is the scattering intensity of the target to be detected, R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be detected, C represents the light speed, λ represents the wavelength of the external radiation source signal, R (t) represents the time for the receiver to receive the signal, and
Tis the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source
0Is the distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center, a is the semi-major axis of the elliptical track, b is the semi-minor axis of the elliptical track, α is the azimuth angle of the target to be measured, ω t is θ the rotation angle of the elliptical track, Δ t is the time step of system sampling, M represents the mth sampling, M is the total sampling number in the imaging process, M is 1,2, …, M,
optionally, the constructing a signal identification matrix of the target identification area to be detected specifically includes:
the signal identification matrix for constructing the identification area of the target to be detected is as follows:
wherein M is 1,2, …, M, N is 1,2, … N, wherein delta α is the step of traversal, and the traversal is performed for N times.
Optionally, the obtaining an azimuth angle of the target to be measured according to the echo signal and the signal identification matrix specifically includes:
determining a direction finding preprocessing matrix of the target to be detected: f (m, n) ═ G (m) G*(m, n); wherein f (m, n) is the direction finding preprocessing matrix, G (m) is an echo signal, and G (m, n) is the signal identification matrix;
determining a position function of the target to be measured:
wherein M represents the M-th sampling, M is the total sampling frequency in the imaging process, N represents the N-th traversal, and N times of traversal are totally performed;
determining the peak value of a position function F (n) of the target to be measured;
and determining the azimuth angle of the target to be detected to be n delta α rad according to the n value corresponding to the peak value of the position function F (n) of the target to be detected.
A passive radar direction-finding system, the direction-finding system comprising:
the receiver rotation track function acquisition module is used for acquiring a track function of the receiver rotating around a rotation center, and the track of the receiver rotating around the rotation center is an elliptical track;
the system comprises a slope distance history function acquisition module of a target to be detected, a track function acquisition module and a data processing module, wherein the slope distance history function acquisition module is used for acquiring a slope distance history function of the target to be detected according to the track function, and the slope distance history function is a history function through which an external radiation source signal passes through the target to be detected and reaches a receiver;
the echo signal determining module is used for determining an echo signal according to the slope distance process;
the signal identification matrix construction module is used for constructing a signal identification matrix of the identification area of the target to be detected;
and the azimuth angle acquisition module of the target to be detected is used for acquiring the azimuth angle of the target to be detected according to the echo signal and the signal identification matrix.
Optionally, the slope distance history function obtaining module of the target to be measured obtains a slope distance history function of the target to be measured according to the track function, where the slope distance history function is R (t) ═ RT+R0Acos α cos (ω t) -bsin α sin (ω t), wherein R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be measured,RTis the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source0The distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center is defined as a, a is a semi-major axis of the elliptical trajectory, b is a semi-minor axis of the elliptical trajectory, α is an azimuth angle of the target to be measured, and ω t is θ which is an angle of rotation of the elliptical trajectory.
Optionally, the echo signal determination module specifically includes:
an external radiation source signal acquisition unit for acquiring an external radiation source signal f (t) ═ exp { j2 π ft };
an initial echo signal determining unit, configured to determine, according to the external radiation source signal and the slant range history function of the target to be detected, that an initial echo signal of the target to be detected is:
the processed echo signal acquisition unit is used for demodulating and discretely sampling the initial echo signal to obtain a processed echo signal:
wherein f (t) is an external radiation source signal, g (t) is an initial echo signal of a target to be detected, g (m) is a processed echo signal of the target to be detected, exp { j … … } is in a complex exponential form, f is the frequency of the external radiation source signal, t represents the time for a receiver to receive the signal, σ is the scattering intensity of the target to be detected, R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be detected, C represents the light speed, λ represents the wavelength of the external radiation source signal, R (t) represents the time for the receiver to receive the signal, and
Tis the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source
0Is the distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center, a is the semi-major axis of the elliptical track, b is the semi-minor axis of the elliptical track, α is the azimuth angle of the target to be measured, ω t is θ the rotation angle of the elliptical track, Δ t is the time step of system sampling, M represents the mth sampling, M is the total sampling number in the imaging process, M is 1,2, …, M,
optionally, the signal identification matrix constructing module constructs a signal identification matrix of the target identification area to be detected as follows:
wherein M is 1,2, …, M, N is 1,2, … N, wherein delta α is the step of traversal, and the traversal is performed for N times.
Optionally, the azimuth obtaining module of the target to be measured specifically includes:
the direction finding preprocessing matrix determining unit is used for determining a direction finding preprocessing matrix of the target to be detected: f (m, n) ═ G (m) G*(m, n); wherein f (m, n) is the direction finding preprocessing matrix, G (m) is an echo signal, and G (m, n) is the signal identification matrix;
a position function determining unit of the object to be measured, configured to determine a position function of the object to be measured:
wherein M represents the M-th sampling, M is the total sampling frequency in the imaging process, N represents the N-th traversal, and N times of traversal are totally performed;
the peak value determining unit of the position function of the target to be measured is used for determining the peak value of the position function F (n) of the target to be measured;
and the azimuth angle determining unit of the target to be detected is used for determining the azimuth angle of the target to be detected to be n delta α rad according to the n value corresponding to the peak value of the position function F (n) of the target to be detected.
According to the specific embodiment provided by the invention, the invention discloses the following technical effects:
compared with the direction finding direction of the conventional receiver circular scanning passive radar, the passive radar direction finding method based on receiver elliptical scanning has the following obvious advantages: firstly, the circular scanning passive radar has the same target angle resolution in all areas, and cannot perform fine direction finding on key areas, but the invention can enable the elliptical semi-minor axis to be usedThe target area is pointed, the length of the semimajor axis is properly increased to realize fine direction finding of the target area, and the resolution precision is improved; secondly, the circular scanning radar occupies the area of pi r2R is the rotation radius of the receiver, the rotation track of the receiver is an ellipse, the occupied area of the receiver is pi ab, and the occupied area can be greatly reduced by adjusting b, so that the station distribution is more convenient; thirdly, the method omits the step of establishing the echo signal matrix in the data processing process, reduces the required data storage space and enables the operation to be further efficient.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.
Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a passive radar direction finding method according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the direction finding method includes:
step 100: a trajectory function of the receiver rotation about the center of rotation is obtained. The track of the receiver rotating around the rotation center is an elliptical track, a rectangular coordinate system is established by taking the rotation center as the origin of coordinates according to the semi-major axis and the semi-minor axis of the receiver rotating around the rotation center, the semi-major axis direction of the elliptical track is the X-axis direction, and the minor axis direction is the Y-axis direction, and at the moment, the function expression of the elliptical track can be determined, namely, the function of the track.
At this time, the coordinate of the external radiation source is assumed to be (x)t,yt) The rectangular coordinate and the polar coordinate of the target to be measured are respectively (x)0,y0)、(R0α), the receiver coordinates are (x)r,yr) Then the following relationship exists:
wherein R is
0The distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center is defined as a, a is a semi-major axis of the elliptical trajectory, b is a semi-minor axis of the elliptical trajectory, α is an azimuth angle of the target to be measured, and ω t is θ which is an angle of rotation of the elliptical trajectory.
Step 200: and acquiring a slope distance history function of the target to be measured according to the track function. And the slant distance process function is a process function through which an external radiation source signal passes through the target to be detected and reaches a receiver. Specifically, the slope distance history function of the target to be measured is R (t) ═ RT+R0Acos α cos (ω t) -bsin α sin (ω t), wherein R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be measured, RTIs the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source0The distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center, a is the semi-major axis of the elliptical track, b is the semi-minor axis of the elliptical track, α is the azimuth angle of the target to be measured, and ω t is θ the rotation angle of the elliptical track.
Since the distance from the receiver to the target to be measured is much greater than the distance from the receiver to the rotation center, the above equation can be derived.
Step 300: and determining an echo signal according to the slope distance process.
The specific process of determining the echo signal is as follows:
acquiring an external radiation source signal f (t) ═ exp { j2 pi ft }; the external radiation source signal is usually a civil signal, and is generally a narrow-band signal, so that the external radiation source signal can be expressed by the formula;
determining the initial echo signal of the target to be detected according to the external radiation source signal and the slope distance history function of the target to be detected as follows:
after demodulating and discretely sampling the initial echo signal, obtaining a processed echo signal:
wherein f (t) is an external radiation source signal, g (t) is an initial echo signal of a target to be detected, g (m) is a processed echo signal of the target to be detected, exp { j … … } is in a complex exponential form, f is the frequency of the external radiation source signal, t represents the time for a receiver to receive the signal, σ is the scattering intensity of the target to be detected, and R (t) represents the target to be detectedThe slope distance course of (1), C represents the speed of light, R
TIs the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source
0Is the distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center, a is the semi-major axis of the elliptical track, b is the semi-minor axis of the elliptical track, α is the azimuth angle of the target to be measured, ω t is θ the rotation angle of the elliptical track, Δ t is the time step of system sampling, M represents the mth sampling, M is the total sampling number in the imaging process, M is 1,2, …, M,
step 400: and constructing a signal identification matrix of the identification area of the target to be detected. The signal identification matrix of the target identification area to be detected is constructed as follows:
wherein M is 1,2, …, M, N is 1,2, … N, wherein delta α is the step of traversal, and the traversal is performed for N times.
Step 500: and acquiring the azimuth angle of the target to be detected according to the echo signal and the signal identification matrix. The method specifically comprises the following steps:
determining a direction finding preprocessing matrix of the target to be detected: f (m, n) ═ G (m) G*(m, n); wherein f (m, n) is the direction finding preprocessing matrix, G (m) is echo signal, G (m, n) is the signal identification matrix, G (m, n) is*(m, n) is a conjugate matrix of G (m, n); at this time, the direction-finding pre-processing matrix is:
determining a position function of the target to be measured:
wherein M represents the M-th sampling, M is the total sampling frequency in the imaging process, N represents the N-th traversal, and N times of traversal are totally performed;
determining the peak value of a position function F (n) of the target to be measured;
and determining the azimuth angle of the target to be detected to be n delta α rad according to the n value corresponding to the peak value of the position function F (n) of the target to be detected.
Specifically, the derivation process of f (n) is as follows:
wherein
J
0(. cndot.) is a zero order Bessel function.
Within a 3dB beam, it can be approximated as
Thus, it is possible to provide
Therefore, the method comprises the following steps:
as can be seen from the above formula, when n Δ α is α, that is, n is α/Δ α, f (n) has a peak M | σ |, and the azimuth angle of the target to be measured can be determined according to the peak.
From the above equation, it can be seen that, according to the property of the bezier function, when α is 0 or pi rad, D (α) ═ b, the direction finding result is
The resolution is 0.36 lambda/b, when α is 0.5 pi or 1.5 pi rad, D (α) ═ a, the direction finding result is
The resolution was 0.36 λ/a.
The above analysis shows that the direction finding performance is the worst when the target is located in the X-axis direction (α is 0 or π rad). conversely, the direction finding performance is the best when the target is located in the Y-axis direction (α is 0.5 π or 1.5 π rad). moreover, if the length of the semimajor axis is increased, the resolution is reduced in the Y-axis direction, so the resolution performance is further improved.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the passive radar direction finding system of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the direction finding system includes:
a receiver rotation trajectory function obtaining module 201, configured to obtain a trajectory function of a receiver rotating around a rotation center, where a trajectory of the receiver rotating around the rotation center is an elliptical trajectory;
the system comprises a slope distance history function obtaining module 202 of the target to be measured, which is used for obtaining a slope distance history function of the target to be measured according to the track function, wherein the slope distance history function is a history function of an external radiation source signal passing through the target to be measured and reaching a receiver;
an echo signal determining module 203, configured to determine an echo signal according to the ramp distance history;
the signal identification matrix construction module 204 is used for constructing a signal identification matrix of the target identification area to be detected;
and an azimuth angle obtaining module 205 of the target to be measured, configured to obtain an azimuth angle of the target to be measured according to the echo signal and the signal identification matrix.
The slope distance history function obtaining module 202 of the target to be measured obtains a slope distance history function of the target to be measured according to the track function, where R (t) RT+R0Acos α cos (ω t) -bsin α sin (ω t), wherein R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be measured, RTIs the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source0The distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center is defined as a, a is a semi-major axis of the elliptical trajectory, b is a semi-minor axis of the elliptical trajectory, α is an azimuth angle of the target to be measured, and ω t is θ which is an angle of rotation of the elliptical trajectory.
The echo signal determination module 203 specifically includes:
an external radiation source signal acquisition unit for acquiring an external radiation source signal f (t) ═ exp { j2 π ft };
an initial echo signal determining unit, configured to determine, according to the external radiation source signal and the slant range history function of the target to be detected, that an initial echo signal of the target to be detected is:
the processed echo signal acquisition unit is used for demodulating and discretely sampling the initial echo signal to obtain a processed echo signal:
wherein f (t) is an external radiation source signal, g (t) is an initial echo signal of a target to be detected, g (m) is a processed echo signal of the target to be detected, exp { j … … } is in a complex exponential form, f is the frequency of the external radiation source signal, t represents the time for a receiver to receive the signal, σ is the scattering intensity of the target to be detected, R (t) represents the slant range course of the target to be detected, C represents the light speed, λ represents the wavelength of the external radiation source signal, R (t) represents the time for the receiver to receive the signal, and
Tis the distance, R, between the object to be measured and the external radiation source
0Is the distance from the target to be measured to the rotation center, a is the semi-major axis of the elliptical track, b is the semi-minor axis of the elliptical track, α is the azimuth angle of the target to be measured, ω t is θ the rotation angle of the elliptical track, Δ t is the time step of system sampling, M represents the mth sampling, M is the total sampling number in the imaging process, M is 1,2, …, M,
the signal identification matrix constructing module 204 constructs a signal identification matrix of the target identification area to be detected as follows:
wherein M is 1,2, …, M, N is 1,2, … N, wherein delta α is the step of traversal, and the traversal is performed for N times.
The azimuth angle obtaining module 205 of the target to be measured specifically includes:
the direction finding preprocessing matrix determining unit is used for determining a direction finding preprocessing matrix of the target to be detected: f (m, n) ═ G (m) G*(m, n); wherein f (m, n) is the direction finding preprocessing matrix, G (m) is an echo signal, and G (m, n) is the signal identification matrix;
a position function determining unit of the object to be measured, configured to determine a position function of the object to be measured:
wherein M represents the M-th sampling, M is the total sampling frequency in the imaging process, N represents the N-th traversal, and N times of traversal are totally performed;
the peak value determining unit of the position function of the target to be measured is used for determining the peak value of the position function F (n) of the target to be measured;
and the azimuth angle determining unit of the target to be detected is used for determining the azimuth angle of the target to be detected to be n delta α rad according to the n value corresponding to the peak value of the position function F (n) of the target to be detected.
An embodiment of the present invention is provided below, and fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a position relationship between a receiver, an object to be measured, and an external radiation source according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method comprises the following specific steps:
step 1, establishing a direction-finding model. The direction-finding system utilizes the region of interest of the civil narrow-band external radiation source to fix a target to carry out fine direction finding. In the direction finding process, an external radiation source and a target are fixed, a receiver rotates around a rotation center, the track of the receiver is an ellipse, the interested area is placed in the direction of a short axis, a coordinate system is established by taking the rotation center as an origin, the direction of the long axis as an X axis and the direction of the short axis as a Y axis, namely the interested area is in the direction of the Y axis (both positive and negative directions).
Suppose the external radiation source coordinate is (x)t,yt) The rectangular coordinate and the polar coordinate of the fixed target are respectively (x)0,y0)、(R0α), the receiver coordinates are(xr,yr) Then the following relationship exists:
and step 2, determining the slope distance process. The slant range process refers to the propagation distance of the signal from the external radiation source to the target and then to the receiver, and the distance from the external radiation source to the target is not changed in the direction finding process because the external radiation source and the target are fixed, and the distance is assumed to be RTAnd the range of the target to the receiver is:
the ramp history is therefore:
R(t)=RT+R0-acosαcos(ωt)-bsinαsin(ωt)
it can be seen that in the direction finding process, R in the course of the slope distanceT+R0Remains unchanged and therefore has no effect on the direction finding result.
Step 3, determining the demodulated discretized echo signal:
and 4, constructing a signal identification matrix of the target identification area, traversing the azimuth angle of the target in the direction finding process at (0,2 pi rad), wherein the traversing step is delta α, and searching for N times.
m=1,2,…,M;n=1,2,…N。
And 5: direction finding preprocessing matrix calculation:
step 6: and summing the direction-finding preprocessing matrix in a time dimension, then performing modulus extraction, and determining the azimuth angle of the target to be detected at the peak position of the direction-finding preprocessing matrix.
Position function of the object to be measured:
wherein
J
0(. cndot.) is a zero order Bessel function.
The effects of the present embodiment are further illustrated by the following simulation experiments.
Simulation conditions
The invention is insensitive to the position of an external radiation source, the coordinate of the external radiation source is assumed to be (10000m,15000m), the receiver rotates an elliptical track, the semiminor axis b is 3m, sampling is carried out for 1000 times in the rotation process, and the sampling step length of an elliptical angle parameter is 0.002 pi rad. Without loss of generality, the scattering intensity of the target in the simulation is 1.
Emulated content
Carrying out first simulation: on the basis of the above simulation conditions, the angular resolution of the target in different directions can be obtained by using a civil external radiation source with a signal frequency of 300MHz, the semi-major axis a being 30m and the semi-minor axis b being 3m, and as a result, fig. 4 shows an angular resolution diagram of each azimuth angle for the first simulation by using the method and system of the present invention. As can be seen from the simulation chart, when the target azimuth angle is 0.5 π rad and 1.5 π rad (i.e. occurring in the positive or negative direction of the Y axis), the resolution performance is the best, and the resolution is 0.012 rad; when the target azimuth is π rad, 2 π rad (i.e., occurring in either the positive or negative direction of the X-axis), the resolution is the worst, with a resolution of 0.12 rad.
And (3) second simulation: two fixed targets exist in the observation area, the polar coordinates of the two fixed targets are respectively (5000m,0.5 pi rad), (7500m, pi rad), and a civil external radiation source with the signal frequency of 300MHz is used. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a resolution result of a second simulation performed by the method and system of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, since the two targets have different orientations, the two targets have different resolving performances, so that the invention can perform focused monitoring on the region of interest.
And (3) third simulation: there are 4 random targets in the region (i.e. the region of interest) near the azimuth angle of 0.5 π rad, and the simulation result is shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the resolution result of the third simulation performed by the method and system of the present invention. In fig. 6, ", the target is located in the position, and it can be seen that the present invention can accurately perform direction finding on the target, and the target is located in the region of interest, and the resolution is high. Therefore, the invention can simultaneously detect the direction of multiple targets and verify the correctness and the practicability of the direction detection.
Fourth simulation: when the frequency of the external radiation source is 100MHz, the minor axis and the half axis are unchanged, the length of the semi-major axis is 5m, 10m and 30m respectively, the direction of the target at 0.5 pi rad is measured, the simulation result is shown in FIG. 7, and FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the resolution result of the fourth simulation performed by the method and the system of the present invention. As can be seen from fig. 7, the resolving power increases with the increase of the longer half axis.
And (4) fifth simulation: the length of the semimajor axis is 15m, when the frequency of the external radiation source is 50MHz, 100MHz, 300MHz, respectively, the direction of the target located at 0.5 pi rad is measured, the simulation result is shown in fig. 8, and fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the resolution result of the fifth simulation performed by the method and the system of the present invention. As can be seen from fig. 8, the resolution performance increases with the increase of the frequency of the external radiation source signal.
In conclusion, the invention adopts the elliptical scanning, which can greatly save the occupied area of the radar system, so the station distribution is more convenient. In addition, because the region of interest is arranged in the direction of the elliptical semi-minor axis, the angular resolution can be improved, and the region is monitored in an important way. The resolution performance can be further improved by increasing the length of the semimajor axis, adopting high-frequency external radiation source signals and the like. In the data processing process, the method omits the step of establishing the echo signal matrix, reduces the required data storage space and ensures that the operation is further efficient.
The embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. For the system disclosed by the embodiment, the description is relatively simple because the system corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiment, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.
The principles and embodiments of the present invention have been described herein using specific examples, which are provided only to help understand the method and the core concept of the present invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, the specific embodiments and the application range may be changed. In view of the above, the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the invention.