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| Title: | Nonhomogeneity Detection in CFAR Reference Windows Using the Mean-to-Mean Ratio Test. |
| Report number: | DSTO-TR-2608 |
| AR number: | AR-015-113 |
| Classification: | Unclassified |
| Report type: | Technical Report |
| Authors: | Cao, T.V. |
| Issue Date: | 2011-11 |
| Division: | Electronic Warfare & Radar Division |
| Abbreviation: | EWRD |
| Release authority: | Chief, Electronic Warfare & Radar Division |
| Task sponsor: | CDS |
| Task number: | DST 07/213 |
| File number: | 2011/1196856/1 |
| Pages or format: | 16 |
| References: | 21 |
| DSTORL/DEFTEST terms: | Radar detection
Constant false alarm rate
Radar clutter |
| Abstract: | A new method designated as the mean-to-mean ratio (MMR) test is proposed
for the detection of nonhomogeneities in a radar's Constant False Alarm Rate
(CFAR) reference window. No a priori knowledge of the nonhomogeneity topology is assumed. Analysis using the Monte-Carlo method based on Rayleigh
clutter and Swerling I target models is presented. Target-like interferences
which seriously degrade the detection performance of the cell-averaging CFAR
detector can be detected with a higher probability by the MMR test. |
| Executive summary: | In radar Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) signal processing, the cell-averaging CFAR (CA-CFAR) is the most popular algorithm employed in practical radar detection. As the CA-CFAR detection performance degrades seriously when the reference window used in the estimation of the mean noise level is contaminated by nonhomogeneous samples, many modifications have been proposed. Each of these modified CFAR algorithms has its own advantages and drawbacks, depending on the topology of the nonhomogeneity. They all, nevertheless, share the same design methodology in that an attempt is made to censor out the inappropriate reference samples. Since censoring operations result in a reduced number of reference samples, a higher detection loss is inevitable. Therefore, a censoring operation should only be performed when it is absolutely necessary.
The focus of this report is on detecting the presence of nonhomogeneous samples in the reference window prior to censoring, which is an important test that receives less attention in the literature. Based on the existence of rare events, a nonhomogeneity detection scheme designated as the mean-to-mean ratio (MMR) test is proposed. No a priori knowledge of the nonhomogeneity topology is assumed. Results obtained from Monte-Carlo simulations based on Rayleigh clutter and Swerling I target models are presented.
When being implemented in parallel with a CA-CFAR detector, target-like samples
that are not detected by the CA-CFAR and yet have a deleterious effect on CA-CFAR
performance can be detected with higher probabilities by the MMR test. |
| Appears in Collections: | DSTO Formal Reports
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