Peak Detection of Swerling type Targets. Part 1. Detection Probabilities in White Noise

Abstract

Peak detection is an alternative to the commonly used threshold detection scheme in radar systems. The present report is the first part in an investigation of peak detection performance, for Swerling type targets, in an arbitrary noise/clutter background. In this report, peak detection is compared with classic fixed threshold detection in uncorrelated white noise. A methodology is also developed, capable of handling arbitrary stochastic signal and noise/clutter models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276217

Entities

People

  • Anastasios Drosopoulos
  • George Haslam

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Distribution Functions
  • Engineering
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Noise
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Random Variables
  • Sampling
  • Security
  • Target Discrimination
  • Warning Systems
  • White Noise

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.