Combatting inherent vulnerabilities of CFAR algorithms and a new robust CFAR design
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Authors
Bowman, Patrick J.
Subjects
signal processing
Cfar
Cfar
Advisors
Pace, Phillip
Skolnik, M.I.
Date of Issue
1993-09
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Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A current trend in radar technology is automatic detection and tracking systems. An integral part of these automatic systems is the CFAR (constant False Alarm Rate) detector. A CFAR detector is the signal process algorithm that controls the rate at which target detections are falsely declared. Given the current state of radar technology, CFAR algorithms are necessary elements of any automatic radar system. Unfortunately, CFAR systems are inherently vulnerable to degradation caused by large clutter edges multiple targets and jamming environments. This thesis presents eight popular and studied CFAR architectures. A comprehensive review of each system's structure, analysis and performance is detailed. Also the performance of each CFAR processor for two different inphase (1) and quadrature (Q) detectors: envelope approximation detector and the square law detector are compared numerically. In addition, each system is comprehensively compared to one another in the troublesome environments mention above. This thesis continues with the development of an original CFAR architecture, the excision greatest-of (EXGO). Although more complex, this processor is shown to be more robust than the other established techniques particularly in the presence of clutter edges, multiple targets, and electronic countermeasures (ECM) environments
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Thesis
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Department
Systems Engineering (SE)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
143 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.