RECOGNITION OF PROPELLER-DRIVEN AIRCRAFT IN A PASSIVE BISTATIC RADAR
https://doi.org/10.32603/1993-8985-2018-21-6-75-82
Abstract
Nowadays passive bistatic radars (PBR) allow for detection, determination of coordinates and tracking of moving objects. In order to enable PBR integration into air traffic control systems, it is necessary to solve the problem of recognizing airborne objects, in particular, propeller-driven aircraft (AC). This will increase the degree of aviation safety. To solve the recognition problem, the analysis of propeller-driven aircraft echo signals, such as helicopter and propeller airplane, is performed. The in-formative features that can be used for recognition of propeller-driven aircraft in PBRs are defined. The method for propeller-driven aircraft recognition is proposed, that is based on extraction of modulation components originated from the rotational parts of the aircraft and estimation of their rotation parameters. The algorithm for echo signal processing is developed, which makes it possible to apply the proposed recognition method for PBRs.
The experimental results of the processing algorithm are presented on the example of real signals reflected from the Mi- 8 helicopter and the Cessna 172 propeller aircraft. The experimental data are recorded by two different PBRs using DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television signals standard for airspace illumination. The estimated rotation parameters of the aircraft propeller blades correspond to the actual values. Such a correspondence allows not only to recognize the aircraft group, but in some cases to identify its type.
About the Authors
E. N. Vorobev
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgenii N. Vorobev – Dual Master’s Degree in"Communication Technologies and Communication Systems" and "Communications and signal processing" (2014), Postgraduate student of the Department of Microelectronics and Radio Engineering of Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI", engineer at the Research Institute "Prognoz". The author of more than 30 scientific publications. Area of expertise: radar recognition; digital signal processing; passive coherent location.
5, Professor Popov Str., 197376, St. Petersburg
V. I. Veremyev
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir V. Veremyev – Ph.D. in Engineering (2000), Director of the Research Institute "Prognoz". The author of more than 100 scientific publications. Area of expertise: complex ecological monitoring, complex questions of the radar systems design, multiband multistatic radars for air space and sea surface surveillance.
5, Professor Popov Str., 197376, St. Petersburg
D. V. Kholodnyak
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. Kholodnyak – D.Sc. in Engineering (2016), Professor at the Department of Microelectronics and Radio Engineering of Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI". The author of over 200 technical papers. Area of expertise: applications of metamaterials, high-temperature superconductors, LTCC technology, and non-Foster circuits to design of advanced microwave devices with improved performance and enhanced functionality.
5, Professor Popov Str., 197376, St. Petersburg
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Vorobev E.N., Veremyev V.I., Kholodnyak D.V. RECOGNITION OF PROPELLER-DRIVEN AIRCRAFT IN A PASSIVE BISTATIC RADAR. Journal of the Russian Universities. Radioelectronics. 2018;(6):75-90. https://doi.org/10.32603/1993-8985-2018-21-6-75-82
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