Sliding-Window TD-FrFT Algorithm for High-Precision Ranging of LFM Signals in the Presence of Impulse Noise

Abstract

To address the performance degradation of the conventional linear frequency modulation signal ranging method in the presence of impulse noise, this paper proposes a novel technique that integrates a sliding-window tracking differentiator (TD) with the fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) ranging method. First, the sliding-window TD filtering algorithm is used to suppress the noise in the echo. Subsequently, the filtered signal is subjected to FrFT to calculate the time delay based on the difference in the peak point positions in the fractional domain for realizing target ranging. The simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively suppress impulse noise of different intensities and achieve an accurate and robust ranging of the target.

Keywords

• impulse noise
• linear frequency modulation signal
• sliding-window tracking differentiator
• fractional Fourier transform
• ranging