E.E. Koltyshev - Dr. Sc. (Eng.), Professor, Main Specialist, JSC V.Tikhomirov NIIP (Zhukovsky, Moscow region) P.A. Makarov - Ph. D. (Phys.-Math.), Senior Research Scientist, JSC V.Tikhomirov NIIP (Zhukovsky, Moscow region) V.V. Mukhin - Head of Department, JSC «UPKB «Detal» (Kamensk-Uralsky) D.Y. Suslyakov - Head of Department, JSC V.Tikhomirov NIIP (Zhukovsky, Moscow region) A.Y. Frolov - Dr. Sc. (Eng.), Associate Professor, Head of Department, Military Educational and Scientific Center «Zhukovsky-Gagarin Air Force Academy» (Voronezh) V.T. Jankowski - Dr. Sc. (Eng.), Senior Research Scientist, JSC V.Tikhomirov NIIP (Zhukovsky, Moscow region)

Detection of moving objects (targets) on a background of intense clutter of various origins (reflection from the surface, clouds, chaff) is one of the most urgent tasks for the underlying surface mapping on-board radar systems. Selection of moving objects is based on the differences in spatial-temporal signals reflected from targets and fixed reflectors by their spectral separation using spatial multi-channel systems. Optimization of algorithms for multiple spatial channel processing systems operation is an important problem in the practical design and is based on a simplified model of clutter in the form of taking into account some of the most important components of the spectrum of jamming reflections. This approach to the optimization algorithms implemented practically is one of the main factors limiting the effectiveness of for the jamming reflections suppression in the systems of moving target selection. In the article considered are the space-time models of the signals reflected from moving objects, and jamming reflections characteristic of an airborne coherent radar of forward-side and forward views. The method of the algorithm of space-time selection of signals reflected from moving objects on the background of reflections from the surface in multichannel radar synthesis is suggested. The linear processing system (filter) maximizing a signal-to-interference ratio is defined by transfer function which shall be coordinated not only with a signal range, but also with an energy spectrum of noise. Thus, its transfer characteristic is defined by reduction of the correlated noise, operating on an input of system, to a white noise. The optimum filter represents a serial connection of the rejecting filter and the filter coordinated with the useful signal, passed through the rejecting filter. In determining the structure of the processing system assumptions that allow, on the one hand, to ensure the feasibility of the algorithms, and on the other - to take into account a priori properties of interfering reflections, are used: - Structure of the processing system is defined in a class of multi-channel systems, which can be represented by a parallel-consecutive connection of elementary spatially and frequency selective chains; - The ratio of power interfering reflections to the power of the internal noise of the receiver is a significantly small value, which allows to neglect the influence of the internal noise. The example of optimization of system of processing for monopulse radar is considered. The resulting algorithm can achieve high efficiency of suppression of clutter, which is especially important when using the MTI algorithms for mapping the underlying surface with radar contrast stationary objects. The potential benefit with respect to the well-known algorithm achieves more than 30 dB. The above mentioned optimization technique can be extended to systems with a large number of spatial and temporal channels.

 

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