JLHS: A Joint Linear Frequency Modulation and Hyperbolic Frequency Modulation Approach for Speed Measurement

In the waveform design, the distance measurement and resolution are a pair of irreconcilable contradictions. Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM) can alleviate this contradiction. LFM is widely used in radar and sonar, however, its Doppler tolerance is not ideal. Hyperbolic Frequency Modulation (HFM) signal has a particularly strong tolerance towards Doppler frequency shift. When the unidirectionally modulated HFM signal is in distance measurement, the Doppler delay of the matched filtering output cannot be eliminated, and there is a ranging error. After matched filtering of the positive and negative frequency modulation (HFM+LFM) echo signal based on the same frequency band, the Doppler-induced delay is the same but opposite in direction, and the delay is closely related to the frequency, bandwidth, and pulse width of the transmitted signal. By using the inverse time delay difference of the positive and negative frequency modulation, the ranging error in the ranging of unidirectionally modulated LFM signal can be eliminated. In this paper, a Joint Linear frequency modulation and Hyperbolic frequency modulation approach for Speed measurement (JLHS) is proposed, which employs the same frequency band of positive and negative frequency modulation signals for speed measurement and ranging. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed approach can better estimate the speed and distance of moving targets, and it has reference value for engineering application.

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