Classification of airborne radar signals based on pulse feature estimation using time-frequency analysis

This paper describes the realization of an airborne radar signal type analysis and classification (ARTAC) system that uses spectrograms to obtain time-frequency representation ((t,f) representation) and then apply the related analysis tools, such as the instantaneous energy and frequency, and time-f...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Ashraf Adamu, Sha'ameri, Ahmad Zuri
Format: Article
Published: Science and Technology Research Institute for Defence 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58052/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283819076_Classification_of_airborne_radar_signals_based_on_pulse_feature_estimation_using_time-frequency_analysis
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Summary:This paper describes the realization of an airborne radar signal type analysis and classification (ARTAC) system that uses spectrograms to obtain time-frequency representation ((t,f) representation) and then apply the related analysis tools, such as the instantaneous energy and frequency, and time-frequency marginal, to estimate the various signal characteristics. The estimated parameters are used as input to a rule-based classifier that classifies the signal appropriately. Monte-Carlo simulation is then conducted to quantify the accuracy of signal classification at various signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). The methodology used achieves 90% classification accuracy at SNR of 6 dB irrespective of the identity of the signal. The performance and computational complexity (CC) of the system are also addressed in an electronic support (ES) operating scenario.