An Overview of Radar Waveform Optimization for Target Detection
Wang Lulu*① Wang Hongqiang② Wang Manxi① Li Xiang②
①(State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environment Effects on Electronics and Information System, Luoyang 471003, China) ②(College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China)
An optimal waveform design method that fully employs the knowledge of the target and the environment can further improve target detection performance, thus is of vital importance to research. In this paper, methods of radar waveform optimization for target detection are reviewed and summarized and provide the basis for the research.
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