知识辅助的机载MIMO雷达STAP非均匀样本检测方法

When the covariance matrix is estimated with training samples contaminated by target like signals, the performance of target detection in multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar space time adaptive processing (STAP) decreases. Aiming at this deficiency, a knowledge aided (KA) generalized inner product (GIP) method for non homogeneous samples detection is proposed. Firstly the clutter subspace knowledge estimated by prolate spheroidal wave functions is utilized to construct the clutter covariance matrix offline. Then the GIP non homogeneity detector (GIP NHD) is integrated to realize the effective selection of training samples, which eliminates the effect of the target like signals in training samples on target detection. The simulation results show that compared with the conventional GIP method, the KA GIP method can screen out contaminated training samples more effectively and the target detection performance of MIMO radar STAP can be improved significantly. 〖JP2〗Thus the proposed KA GIP method is more valuable for practical engineering application.