IMPROVED BLIND SOURCE EXTRACTION FOR TIME DELAY ESTIMATE IN PASSIVE COHERENT LOCATION SYSTEM

Target localization is one challenge in passive coherent location (PCL) radar system, and the time delay is the most important parameter in the location. The di-culty of time delay estimate (TDE) in PCL system is that the target signal is completely buried in direct path signal, multipath and clutter (DMC). The conventional clutter cancellation algorithms in matched fllter (MF) are time consuming. In this paper, we propose a time delay estimate method based on blind source extraction (BSE) which directly extract the target signal from the mixed signals, thus a new passive coherent location system is built. In this model, the reference antenna is not needed any more. For low signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and frequency overlapped signals in passive coherent location, we introduce the cyclostationarity to enhance the target signal. The experiments on FM broadcast signals show that the computational burden of the proposed algorithm is extremely small and the improved SNR satisfles the location requirements of PCL system.

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