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CN103837867B - A kind of AIS of utilization information carries out the method for higher-frequency radar antenna channels correction - Google Patents

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CN103837867B CN201410104866.7A CN201410104866A CN103837867B CN 103837867 B CN103837867 B CN 103837867B CN 201410104866 A CN201410104866 A CN 201410104866A CN 103837867 B CN103837867 B CN 103837867B
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本发明提供一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,利用雷达覆盖海域内所接收到的大量船只AIS信息及船只回波,通过分析其在不同通道上响应的信号关系,进行单极子交叉环天线的通道校正。本发明完全不需要任何人工设置的辅助信号源,仅需要简易的AIS接收设备,是一种无源且方便易行的通道校正方法,并且可拓展到其它天线形式。本发明的优势在于:成本低,不需要有源校准时大量的复杂设备;使用大量而分布广泛的船舶AIS信号,得到的通道校正值具有良好的精度且稳定;计算量小,对天线形制没有要求,适用范围广。

The present invention provides a method for correcting high-frequency radar antenna channels by using AIS information, using a large number of ship AIS information and ship echoes received in the radar coverage sea area, and by analyzing the signal relationship of their responses on different channels, a single Channel Correction for Pole Crossed Loop Antennas. The present invention does not need any artificial auxiliary signal source at all, only needs simple AIS receiving equipment, is a passive and convenient channel correction method, and can be extended to other antenna forms. The advantages of the present invention are: low cost, no need for a large number of complex equipment during active calibration; using a large number of widely distributed ship AIS signals, the channel correction value obtained has good accuracy and stability; the amount of calculation is small, and there is no influence on the shape of the antenna. requirements, a wide range of applications.

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一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法A Method of Correcting High Frequency Radar Antenna Channel Using AIS Information

技术领域technical field

本发明涉及一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法。The invention relates to a method for correcting high-frequency radar antenna channels by using AIS information.

背景技术Background technique

高频地波雷达工作在3-30MHz的高频频段,可实现对海洋大范围的超视距探测,目前已广泛应用于探测海态参数,如流速、流向、浪高等。由于高频信号波长与机动目标(如飞机、舰船等)尺度相当,可获得较大的散射截面,从而在探测硬目标也有巨大的潜力。High-frequency ground wave radar works in the high-frequency band of 3-30MHz, which can realize over-the-horizon detection of a large range of oceans. It has been widely used to detect sea state parameters, such as current velocity, current direction, and wave height. Since the wavelength of high-frequency signals is comparable to the scale of maneuvering targets (such as aircraft, ships, etc.), a larger scattering cross-section can be obtained, so it also has great potential in detecting hard targets.

高频雷达采用阵列式或紧凑式的天线,通过空间波束形成或方向扫描技术对目标方位进行估计。传统阵列式天线具有精度高、信号处理方便等特点,但同样具有造价高、架设不便等缺点。单极子交叉环天线是一种紧凑式天线,它由一个单极子天线和两个相互垂直的电小环天线组成,制造容易、架设方便且性能良好。在理想情况下,单极子天线的水平方向图是一个圆,两个环的方向图分别为正弦、余弦曲线,三个天线的最大幅度响应应该保持一致,相位响应则完全相同。High-frequency radars use arrayed or compact antennas to estimate target azimuths through spatial beamforming or direction scanning techniques. The traditional array antenna has the characteristics of high precision and convenient signal processing, but also has the disadvantages of high cost and inconvenient erection. The monopole crossed loop antenna is a compact antenna, which consists of a monopole antenna and two mutually perpendicular electric small loop antennas. It is easy to manufacture, easy to erect and has good performance. Ideally, the horizontal pattern of the monopole antenna is a circle, and the patterns of the two rings are sine and cosine curves respectively. The maximum amplitude responses of the three antennas should be consistent, and the phase responses should be exactly the same.

单极子交叉环天线测向的原理是利用目标回波在三个通道幅度响应不同而实现的,即“比幅”的方法,这种方法对天线通道的理想特性要求很高。在实际操作中,由于各接收通道硬件本身的差异及周边环境影响等多种因素的作用,天线三个通道的幅度及相位特性很容易发生改变,远离理想的天线特性,从而造成天线通道失配。通道失配的直接后果就是给测向带来显著的误差,给雷达数据的后续处理造成很大困难。这成为了限制单极子交叉环天线推广使用的重要因素,为保证雷达工作正常,必须对这种通道失配现象做校正处理,使误差尽可能小:一方面,在硬件制作时尽量提高工艺保证各通道尽量一致;另一方面,可以采用软件手段估计通道失配参数,进行接收通道幅相校正。The principle of monopole cross-loop antenna direction finding is realized by using the target echo in the three channels with different amplitude responses, that is, the "ratio-amplitude" method, which has high requirements on the ideal characteristics of the antenna channel. In actual operation, due to various factors such as the differences in the hardware of each receiving channel and the influence of the surrounding environment, the amplitude and phase characteristics of the three antenna channels are easily changed, far from the ideal antenna characteristics, resulting in antenna channel mismatch . The direct consequence of channel mismatch is to bring significant errors to the direction finding and cause great difficulties to the subsequent processing of radar data. This has become an important factor limiting the popularization and use of monopole cross-loop antennas. In order to ensure the normal operation of the radar, this channel mismatch must be corrected to make the error as small as possible: on the one hand, try to improve the process in hardware production. Ensure that each channel is as consistent as possible; on the other hand, software means can be used to estimate channel mismatch parameters and perform amplitude and phase correction of the receiving channel.

现有的软件通道矫正方法可分为有源校正和无源校正两类。在有源校正中,需要人工设置辅助信号源,在距离天线足够距离处发射参考信号,通过测量该已知信号在各接收通道输出信号的幅度和相位来估计天线的通道失配参数。美国CODAR公司测量天线方向图即采用此方法,需要大量额外的设备,操作不便,且不具有长时间的稳定性。中国专利CN101013147A,名称“高频线性调频雷达方向图测量方法”提供了一种采用单频连续正弦信号、利用时频分析得到天线方向图的方法,此方法与传统方法相比大大降低了测量所用的成本,但仍然需要额外的信号源,操作较为不便。The existing software channel correction methods can be divided into two types: active correction and passive correction. In active calibration, it is necessary to manually set the auxiliary signal source, transmit a reference signal at a sufficient distance from the antenna, and estimate the channel mismatch parameters of the antenna by measuring the amplitude and phase of the output signal of the known signal in each receiving channel. The US CODAR company uses this method to measure the antenna pattern, which requires a lot of extra equipment, is inconvenient to operate, and does not have long-term stability. Chinese patent CN101013147A, the name "high-frequency chirp radar pattern measurement method" provides a method of using a single-frequency continuous sinusoidal signal and utilizing time-frequency analysis to obtain an antenna pattern. Compared with traditional methods, this method greatly reduces the cost of measurement. The cost, but still need an additional signal source, the operation is more inconvenient.

无源校正方法不需要额外信号源,直接利用接收到的回波信息配合其它先验知识估计通道失配参数。相较于有源校正,无源校正成本低、操作简便,是更适合的通道矫正方法。中国专利CN1566983A,名称“一种利用海洋回波进行阵列通道校正的方法”和中国专利CN1847877A,名称“一种基于非直线天线阵列的无源通道校正方法”给出了两种利用单到达角海洋回波进行天线通道校正的方法,在武汉大学早期所研制的阵列式高频地波雷达中得到了应用。然而这些方法有特殊阵列形制的限制,不易推广到紧凑式天线,并且计算略显复杂,性能也不能达到有源校准的水平;中国专利CN1804656A,名称“一种利用电离层回波进行高频雷达天线阵列通道校正的方法”给出一种利用电离层回波进行天线校正的方法,计算量小且性能良好,但存在着对电离层的依赖性,缺乏足够的稳定性;中国专利CN102707270A,名称“高频地波雷达相对天线方向图自动估计方法”给出了一种通过软件计算天线方向图的方法,此方法的运算量较大,实用性尚需进一步的验证。The passive correction method does not require an additional signal source, and directly uses the received echo information together with other prior knowledge to estimate channel mismatch parameters. Compared with active correction, passive correction is a more suitable channel correction method because of its low cost and easy operation. Chinese patent CN1566983A, title "A Method for Array Channel Correction Using Ocean Echo" and Chinese Patent CN1847877A, title "A Passive Channel Correction Method Based on Non-linear Antenna Array" provide two The method of antenna channel correction by echo was applied in the array type high-frequency ground wave radar developed by Wuhan University in the early stage. However, these methods are limited by special array shapes, are not easy to be extended to compact antennas, and the calculation is slightly complicated, and the performance cannot reach the level of active calibration; A method for antenna array channel correction" provides a method for antenna correction using ionospheric echoes, which has a small amount of calculation and good performance, but it is dependent on the ionosphere and lacks sufficient stability; Chinese patent CN102707270A, titled "Automatic Estimation Method of Relative Antenna Pattern of High-frequency Ground Wave Radar" presents a method of calculating antenna pattern through software. This method requires a large amount of calculation, and its practicability needs further verification.

综合目前已有的无源校正方法,通常计算量较大且不够稳定,尚缺乏应用广泛、高性能的无源校正方法。Combining the existing passive correction methods, usually the calculation amount is large and not stable enough, and there is still a lack of widely used and high-performance passive correction methods.

本专利提供了一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的新方法。船舶自动识别系统(AutomaticIdenficationSystem,AIS)是近十余年来发展的新技术,用于船舶交管服务识别船舶以及船船间避碰。此标准于1998年在国际海事组织的大会上通过,之后成为国际船只海上通信的共同标准。AIS基于自组织的时分多址(SOTDMA)通信原理,海上的船只利用VHF信道定时向周边广播本船的信息。AIS信息分为四类:静态信息、动态信息、航次相关信息、安全相关信息。本发明主要利用的信息是其中的位置、速度及时间信息。This patent provides a new method for correcting high-frequency radar antenna channels by using AIS information. The automatic identification system (Automatic Idenfication System, AIS) is a new technology developed in the past ten years, which is used for ship traffic management services to identify ships and avoid collisions between ships. This standard was adopted at the General Assembly of the International Maritime Organization in 1998 and has since become a common standard for international ship communications at sea. AIS is based on the principle of self-organizing time division multiple access (SOTDMA) communication. Ships at sea use VHF channels to regularly broadcast their own ship's information to the surrounding area. AIS information is divided into four categories: static information, dynamic information, voyage-related information, and safety-related information. The information mainly utilized in the present invention is the position, speed and time information therein.

发明内容Contents of the invention

针对现有方法的局限性,本发明的目的是提供一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,利用接收到的AIS信息及船只回波,为高频地波雷达提供一种廉价、准确且能适用于任意天线形式的无源通道校正方法。Aiming at the limitations of existing methods, the purpose of this invention is to provide a method for correcting high-frequency radar antenna channels using AIS information, and to provide a low-cost high-frequency ground wave radar by using the received AIS information and ship echoes. A passive channel correction method that is accurate and applicable to any antenna form.

本发明的技术方案是:Technical scheme of the present invention is:

一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,通过接收海上携带AIS发射器船只的AIS信息并与雷达探测到的目标回波相匹配,划分雷达视野为以1度为单位的角度网格,得到平均每个角度网格10个以上的目标,再把匹配的目标与其幅度进行加权平均处理来进行通道幅度和相位值的校正;具体包括以下步骤:A method for correcting high-frequency radar antenna channels using AIS information, by receiving AIS information from ships carrying AIS transmitters at sea and matching them with target echoes detected by radar, dividing the radar field of view into an angle network with a unit of 1 degree grid, to obtain an average of more than 10 targets per angle grid, and then perform weighted average processing on the matched targets and their amplitudes to correct channel amplitude and phase values; specifically, the following steps are included:

步骤1、在雷达距离-多普勒谱上采用基于恒虚警CFAR的三级目标检测算法检测出雷达目标点迹;Step 1. On the radar range-Doppler spectrum, a three-level target detection algorithm based on constant false alarm CFAR is used to detect radar target traces;

步骤2、将接收到的AIS数据通过经纬度到极坐标的坐标转换法把携带AIS发射器的船只对应显示到距离-多普勒谱上;Step 2, the received AIS data is displayed on the distance-Doppler spectrum correspondingly to the ship carrying the AIS transmitter through the coordinate conversion method from latitude and longitude to polar coordinates;

步骤3、在雷达距离-多普勒谱上将携带AIS发射器的船只与雷达所探测到的点目标相匹配,从AIS数据读取对应船只的经纬度,计算出目标相对于雷达站的到达角;Step 3. Match the ship carrying the AIS transmitter with the point target detected by the radar on the radar range-Doppler spectrum, read the latitude and longitude of the corresponding ship from the AIS data, and calculate the angle of arrival of the target relative to the radar station ;

步骤4、统计处在同一角度网格的目标,平均每个角度网格积累10个目标以上,将其在两环通道上的回波信号对单极子通道的信号比值幅度加权,从而得到该角度的通道幅度校正参数与相位校正参数;Step 4. Count the targets in the same angle grid, accumulate more than 10 targets in each angle grid on average, and weight the echo signal on the two-ring channel to the signal ratio amplitude of the single-pole sub-channel, so as to obtain the Angle channel amplitude correction parameters and phase correction parameters;

步骤5、综合整个角度范围,得到天线的阵列流形。Step 5, integrating the entire angle range to obtain the array manifold of the antenna.

所述步骤1的具体实现过程为:The specific implementation process of the step 1 is:

采用基于恒虚警CFAR的三级目标检测算法,在实时获得的雷达数据的距离多普勒谱上检测出雷达疑似目标点迹,剔除信噪低于10dB的目标。A three-level target detection algorithm based on constant false alarm (CFAR) is used to detect suspected radar target traces on the range Doppler spectrum of radar data obtained in real time, and eliminate targets with signal-to-noise lower than 10dB.

所述步骤2的具体实现过程为:The concrete realization process of described step 2 is:

使用市面上比较普遍的简易AIS接收装置接收海上携带AIS发射器船只的AIS信息,得到雷达场次对应的时间段内所有携带AIS发射器船只的速度、位置信息,剔除其中静止的船只,将剩下的船只通过经纬度到极坐标的坐标变换方法转换到雷达距离-多普勒二维谱上。Use the relatively common simple AIS receiving device on the market to receive the AIS information of ships carrying AIS transmitters at sea, obtain the speed and position information of all ships carrying AIS transmitters in the corresponding time period of the radar field, and eliminate the stationary ships, and the remaining The ship is converted to the radar range-Doppler two-dimensional spectrum through the coordinate transformation method from latitude and longitude to polar coordinates.

所述步骤3的具体实现过程为:The concrete realization process of described step 3 is:

寻找雷达目标与AIS目标匹配的组合,当两者相差一个距离元、两个多普勒元之内,即匹配成功,将匹配后的雷达目标作为校正源。Find the matching combination of the radar target and the AIS target. When the difference between the two is within one distance unit and two Doppler units, the matching is successful, and the matched radar target is used as the correction source.

所述步骤4的具体实现过程为:The concrete realization process of described step 4 is:

将雷达视野中感兴趣的海域划分为M个角度网格,把已知方位角的校正源落入设置角度网格里,保存每个校正源在三个通道的复数响应值,即(X1ij,X2ij,X3ij)的形式,其中1、2、3代表单极子天线与两环,i代表角度网格序号,j代表落入该网格的校正源序号。Divide the sea area of interest in the radar field of view into M angle grids, put the correction sources with known azimuth angles into the set angle grids, and save the complex response values of each correction source in three channels, namely (X 1ij ,X 2ij ,X 3ij ), where 1, 2, and 3 represent the monopole antenna and the two loops, i represents the angle grid number, and j represents the correction source number that falls into the grid.

所述步骤5的具体实现过程为:The concrete realization process of described step 5 is:

平均每个方位角都积累10个以上校正源之后,对每一个距离网格里的所有校正源进行幅相与信号幅度加权平均,得到该方向的通道幅相校正值,的具体实现步骤包括:After accumulating more than 10 correction sources for each azimuth on average, perform a weighted average of the amplitude, phase and signal amplitude of all the correction sources in each distance grid to obtain the channel amplitude and phase correction value in this direction. The specific implementation steps include:

对于第i个网格,假设有Ni个校正源,则以单极子天线为参考通道,最终得到的幅度校正参数为:For the i-th grid, assuming that there are Ni correction sources, the monopole antenna is used as the reference channel, and the final amplitude correction parameters are:

gg ^^ (( ii ,, kk )) == ΣΣ jj == 11 NN ii (( || Xx 11 ijij || ·&Center Dot; || Xx kijkij // Xx 11 ijij || )) ΣΣ jj == 11 NN ii || Xx 11 ijij ||

相位校正参数是:The phase correction parameters are:

其中,i代表第i个角度网格,k代表通道号,j代表该角度网格的校正源序号,Ni代表该角度网格的校正源总数;Among them, i represents the i-th angle grid, k represents the channel number, j represents the correction source serial number of the angle grid, and Ni represents the total number of correction sources of the angle grid;

将每个角度网格的校正参数合并,即得整个雷达覆盖区域的天线阵流形:Combining the correction parameters of each angle grid, the antenna array manifold of the entire radar coverage area is obtained:

其中,M代表角度网格总数。Among them, M represents the total number of angle grids.

本发明的创新点在于:首次把AIS信息引入到高频雷达整个阵列流形的校正方法,在大量AIS信息的辅助下,可以得到精度较高的阵列流形。The innovation of the present invention lies in the first introduction of AIS information into the correction method of the entire array manifold of high-frequency radar, and with the assistance of a large amount of AIS information, the array manifold with high precision can be obtained.

本发明的优势在于:不需要额外设置信号源,成本低廉;算法简便,不需要像以往的校正方法那样采用复杂的迭代最优化算法;由于沿海地区船只众多,校正源充足,得到的通道校正参数稳定而可靠;校正源来自很大的角度范围,故可以对整个角度范围网格分别得到校正值,而不是只得到一组校正值来校正理想天线特性;校正方法对天线形式没有任何限制,完全可以移植到其他天线系统。The advantages of the present invention are: there is no need to set additional signal sources, and the cost is low; the algorithm is simple and does not need to use complex iterative optimization algorithms like the previous correction methods; due to the large number of ships in coastal areas and sufficient correction sources, the obtained channel correction parameters Stable and reliable; the correction source comes from a large angle range, so the correction values can be obtained separately for the entire angle range grid, instead of only one set of correction values to correct the ideal antenna characteristics; the correction method has no restrictions on the antenna form, completely Can be ported to other antenna systems.

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图1为现有技术中本发明实施例的高频地波雷达工作原理图。Fig. 1 is a working principle diagram of a high-frequency ground wave radar according to an embodiment of the present invention in the prior art.

图2为现有技术中本发明实施例典型的距离-多普勒谱图。Fig. 2 is a typical range-Doppler spectrogram of the embodiment of the present invention in the prior art.

图3为现有技术中单极子交叉环天线方向图。Fig. 3 is a pattern diagram of a monopole crossed loop antenna in the prior art.

图4为本发明的流程图。Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the present invention.

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下面结合附图,对本发明作更加详细的说明。Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in more detail.

高频地波雷达工作原理如图1所示。高频地波雷达通常由发射天线、接收天线阵、发射机、接收机等组成,通常收发共址。雷达发射天线为长度为雷达波长1/4长的竖直鞭天线,全向向外辐射电磁波。电磁波在海上传播,遇到特定参数的海浪、船只、岛屿等会将电磁波后向散射,为雷达接收机所接收。雷达通常采用线性调频体制,在每个扫频周期内完成发射、接收,对接收信号解调后进行放大、滤波、混频、采样和快时域的离散傅里叶变换得到距离谱数据。该数据通过USB总线被上传到PC机上进行后续处理。通过对N个扫频周期的距离谱数据进行第二次离散傅里叶变换,实现速度信息的分离,得到距离-多普勒二维谱,从中可以提取海态及目标信息。距离-多普勒谱中主要的强回波是海杂波及目标回波,有时也存在电离层回波及射频干扰回波等。其中海杂波是特定波长特定运动方向的海浪引起的布拉格散射,分为强的一阶峰以及分布在其两边的二阶连续谱。目标回波大部分分布在两一阶峰之间,图2为典型的雷达距离-多普勒二维谱,所显示的谱图来自单极子天线,两个环的谱图与其类似。The working principle of high-frequency ground wave radar is shown in Figure 1. High frequency ground wave radar usually consists of a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna array, a transmitter, a receiver, etc., and the transmitting and receiving are usually co-located. The radar transmitting antenna is a vertical whip antenna whose length is 1/4 of the radar wavelength, and radiates electromagnetic waves outward in all directions. Electromagnetic waves propagate on the sea, and waves, ships, islands, etc. that encounter specific parameters will scatter the electromagnetic waves back and be received by radar receivers. Radar usually adopts a linear frequency modulation system, completes transmission and reception in each frequency sweep cycle, and performs amplification, filtering, frequency mixing, sampling and fast-time discrete Fourier transform after demodulation of the received signal to obtain range spectrum data. The data is uploaded to the PC through the USB bus for subsequent processing. By performing the second discrete Fourier transform on the range spectrum data of N frequency sweep cycles, the separation of velocity information is realized, and the range-Doppler two-dimensional spectrum is obtained, from which the sea state and target information can be extracted. The main strong echoes in the range-Doppler spectrum are sea clutter and target echoes, and sometimes ionospheric echoes and radio frequency interference echoes also exist. The sea clutter is the Bragg scattering caused by ocean waves with a specific wavelength and direction of motion, which is divided into a strong first-order peak and a second-order continuum distributed on both sides of it. Most of the target echoes are distributed between the two first-order peaks. Figure 2 is a typical radar range-Doppler two-dimensional spectrum. The displayed spectrum is from a monopole antenna, and the spectrum of the two rings is similar to it.

单极子交叉环的理想方向图如图3所示,当有目标信号从某个到达角入射,通过比较三个通道上的信号关系即可解出角度。然而由于硬件及周边环境因素的影响,天线的实际方向图会偏离理想情况,必须做出校正。如果已知实际中目标在某一个角度上三个通道回波的相互关系,就可以得到该角度的通道校正值。The ideal direction diagram of the monopole crossing ring is shown in Figure 3. When a target signal is incident from a certain angle of arrival, the angle can be solved by comparing the signal relationship on the three channels. However, due to the influence of hardware and surrounding environmental factors, the actual pattern of the antenna will deviate from the ideal situation, and corrections must be made. If the relationship between the echoes of the three channels at a certain angle is known in practice, the channel correction value for this angle can be obtained.

本发明的关键在于如何确定大量目标校正源的角度信息。雷达距离-多普勒二维谱上的目标可以方便地解出距离和速度,却无法直接知道其来波方向。然而添加AIS辅助信息可以提供所需要的角度信息。The key of the present invention is how to determine the angle information of a large number of target correction sources. The distance and speed of the target on the radar range-Doppler two-dimensional spectrum can be easily calculated, but the incoming wave direction cannot be directly known. However, adding AIS auxiliary information can provide the required angle information.

本发明的流程示意图见图4,具体实施步骤如下所述:The schematic flow sheet of the present invention is shown in Fig. 4, and specific implementation steps are as follows:

步骤1、采用基于恒虚警(CFAR)的三级目标检测算法,雷达数据的距离多普勒谱上检测出雷达疑似目标点迹,剔除信噪比较低的目标。Step 1. Using a three-level target detection algorithm based on constant false alarm (CFAR), detect suspected radar target spots on the range Doppler spectrum of radar data, and eliminate targets with low signal-to-noise ratios.

步骤2、使用简易的AIS接收装置接收海上船只AIS信息,得到雷达场次对应的时间段内所有船只速度、位置信息,剔除静止的AIS船只,将剩下的AIS目标通过坐标变换的方法转换到雷达距离-多普勒二维谱上。Step 2. Use a simple AIS receiving device to receive the AIS information of ships at sea, obtain the speed and position information of all ships in the time period corresponding to the radar field, eliminate the stationary AIS ships, and convert the remaining AIS targets to the radar through the method of coordinate transformation Range-Doppler two-dimensional spectrum.

步骤3、寻找雷达目标与AIS目标匹配的组合,当两者相差一个距离元、两个多普勒元之内,便算做匹配成功,匹配后的雷达目标可作为校正源。Step 3. Find the matching combination of the radar target and the AIS target. When the difference between the two is within one distance unit and two Doppler units, the matching is considered successful, and the matched radar target can be used as a correction source.

步骤4、将雷达视野中感兴趣的海域划分为M个角度网格,把已知方位角的校正源落入设置的角度网格里,从雷达的距离-多普勒谱上读取并保存每个校正源在三个天线通道上的复数响应值X1ij,X2ij,X3ij,其中1、2、3代表单极子天线与两环,i代表角度网格序号,j代表落入该网格的校正源序号。Step 4. Divide the sea area of interest in the radar field of view into M angle grids, put the correction source of the known azimuth angle into the set angle grid, read and save from the range-Doppler spectrum of the radar The complex response values X 1ij , X 2ij , X 3ij of each calibration source on the three antenna channels, where 1, 2, and 3 represent the monopole antenna and the two loops, i represents the angle grid number, and j represents the The ordinal number of the correction source for the mesh.

步骤5、积累大量不同方位的校正源之后,对每一个距离网格里的所有校正源进行统计分析,得到该方向的通道幅相校正值。具体做法是:Step 5. After accumulating a large number of correction sources in different directions, statistically analyze all the correction sources in each distance grid to obtain the channel amplitude and phase correction values in this direction. The specific method is:

对于第i个网格,假设有Ni个校正源,则以单极子天线为参考通道,最终得到的幅度校正参数为:For the i-th grid, assuming that there are N i correction sources, the monopole antenna is used as the reference channel, and the final amplitude correction parameters are:

gg ^^ (( ii ,, kk )) == ΣΣ jj == 11 NN ii (( || Xx 11 ijij || ·&Center Dot; || Xx kijkij // Xx 11 ijij || )) ΣΣ jj == 11 NN ii || Xx 11 ijij ||

相位校正参数是:The phase correction parameters are:

其中i代表第i个角度网格,k代表通道号,k=1或2或3,j代表该角度网格的校正源序号,Ni代表该角度网格的校正源总数。Where i represents the i-th angle grid, k represents the channel number, k=1 or 2 or 3, j represents the serial number of the correction source of the angle grid, and Ni represents the total number of correction sources of the angle grid.

将每个角度网格的校正参数合并,即得整个雷达覆盖区域的天线阵流形:Combining the correction parameters of each angle grid, the antenna array manifold of the entire radar coverage area is obtained:

其中M代表角度网格总数。where M represents the total number of angular meshes.

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1.一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,其特征在于:通过接收海上携带AIS发射器船只的AIS信息并与雷达探测到的目标回波相匹配,划分雷达视野为以1度为单位的角度网格,得到平均每个角度网格10个以上的目标,再把匹配的目标与其幅度进行加权平均处理来进行通道幅度和相位值的校正;具体包括以下步骤:1. A method utilizing AIS information to carry out high-frequency radar antenna channel correction is characterized in that: by receiving the AIS information of the AIS transmitter ship on the sea and matching with the target echo detected by the radar, the radar field of view is divided into 1 Degree as the unit of the angle grid, to obtain an average of more than 10 targets per angle grid, and then perform weighted average processing on the matched target and its amplitude to correct the channel amplitude and phase value; specifically, the following steps are included: 步骤1、在雷达距离-多普勒谱上采用基于恒虚警CFAR的三级目标检测算法检测出雷达目标点迹;Step 1. On the radar range-Doppler spectrum, a three-level target detection algorithm based on constant false alarm CFAR is used to detect radar target traces; 步骤2、将接收到的AIS数据通过经纬度到极坐标的坐标转换法把携带AIS发射器的船只对应显示到距离-多普勒谱上;Step 2, the received AIS data is displayed on the distance-Doppler spectrum correspondingly to the ship carrying the AIS transmitter through the coordinate conversion method from latitude and longitude to polar coordinates; 步骤3、在雷达距离-多普勒谱上将携带AIS发射器的船只与雷达所探测到的点目标相匹配,从AIS数据读取对应船只的经纬度,计算出目标相对于雷达站的到达角;Step 3. Match the ship carrying the AIS transmitter with the point target detected by the radar on the radar range-Doppler spectrum, read the latitude and longitude of the corresponding ship from the AIS data, and calculate the angle of arrival of the target relative to the radar station ; 步骤4、统计处在同一角度网格的目标,平均每个角度网格积累10个目标以上,将其在两环通道上的回波信号对单极子通道的信号比值幅度加权,从而得到该角度的通道幅度校正参数与相位校正参数;Step 4. Count the targets in the same angle grid, accumulate more than 10 targets in each angle grid on average, and weight the echo signal on the two-ring channel to the signal ratio amplitude of the single-pole sub-channel, so as to obtain the Angle channel amplitude correction parameters and phase correction parameters; 步骤5、综合整个角度范围,得到天线的阵列流形。Step 5, integrating the entire angle range to obtain the array manifold of the antenna. 2.根据权利要求1所述的一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,其特征在于:所述步骤1的具体实现过程为:2. a kind of method utilizing AIS information to carry out high-frequency radar antenna channel correction according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the concrete realization process of described step 1 is: 采用基于恒虚警CFAR的三级目标检测算法,在实时获得的雷达数据的距离多普勒谱上检测出雷达疑似目标点迹,剔除信噪低于10dB的目标。A three-level target detection algorithm based on constant false alarm (CFAR) is used to detect suspected radar target traces on the range Doppler spectrum of radar data obtained in real time, and eliminate targets with signal-to-noise lower than 10dB. 3.根据权利要求2所述的一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,其特征在于:所述步骤2的具体实现过程为:3. a kind of method utilizing AIS information to carry out high-frequency radar antenna channel correction according to claim 2, is characterized in that: the specific realization process of described step 2 is: 使用AIS接收装置接收海上携带AIS发射器船只的AIS信息,得到雷达场次对应的时间段内所有携带AIS发射器船只的速度、位置信息,剔除其中静止的船只,将剩下的船只通过经纬度到极坐标的坐标变换方法转换到雷达距离-多普勒二维谱上。Use the AIS receiving device to receive the AIS information of ships carrying AIS transmitters at sea, get the speed and position information of all ships carrying AIS transmitters in the corresponding time period of the radar field, remove the stationary ships, and pass the remaining ships through latitude and longitude to pole The coordinate transformation method of the coordinates is converted to the radar range-Doppler two-dimensional spectrum. 4.根据权利要求3所述的一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,其特征在于:所述步骤3的具体实现过程为:4. a kind of method utilizing AIS information to carry out high-frequency radar antenna channel correction according to claim 3, is characterized in that: the concrete realization process of described step 3 is: 寻找雷达目标与AIS目标匹配的组合,当两者相差一个距离元、两个多普勒Find the matching combination of radar target and AIS target, when the difference between the two is one range element, two Doppler 元之内,即匹配成功,将匹配后的雷达目标作为校正源。Within the unit, that is, the matching is successful, and the matched radar target is used as the correction source. 5.根据权利要求4所述的一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,其特征在于:所述步骤4的具体实现过程为:5. a kind of method utilizing AIS information to carry out high-frequency radar antenna channel correction according to claim 4, is characterized in that: the concrete realization process of described step 4 is: 将雷达视野中感兴趣的海域划分为M个角度网格,把已知方位角的校正源落入所设置的角度网格里,在距离-多普勒图上读取并保存每个校正源在三个通道的复数响应值X1ij,X2ij,X3ij,其中1、2、3代表通道号,i代表角度网格序号,j代表落入该网格的校正源序号。Divide the sea area of interest in the radar field of view into M angle grids, put the correction sources with known azimuth angles into the set angle grids, read and save each correction source on the range-Doppler map The complex response values X 1ij , X 2ij , and X 3ij in the three channels, where 1, 2, and 3 represent channel numbers, i represents the number of the angle grid, and j represents the number of the calibration source falling into the grid. 6.根据权利要求5所述的一种利用AIS信息进行高频雷达天线通道校正的方法,其特征在于:所述步骤5的具体实现过程为:6. a kind of method utilizing AIS information to carry out high-frequency radar antenna channel correction according to claim 5, is characterized in that: the concrete realization process of described step 5 is: 平均每个角度网格都积累10个以上校正源之后,对每一个角度网格里的所有校正源进行幅相与信号幅度加权平均,得到该角度网格的通道幅度校正参数和相位校正参数;具体实现步骤包括:After accumulating more than 10 correction sources for each angle grid on average, perform a weighted average of the amplitude, phase and signal amplitude of all the correction sources in each angle grid to obtain the channel amplitude correction parameters and phase correction parameters of the angle grid; The specific implementation steps include: 对于第i个网格,假设有Ni个校正源,则以单极子天线为参考通道,最终得到的幅度校正参数为:For the i-th grid, assuming that there are Ni correction sources, the monopole antenna is used as the reference channel, and the final amplitude correction parameters are: gg ^^ (( ii ,, kk )) == ΣΣ jj == 11 NN ii (( || Xx 11 ii jj || ·&Center Dot; || Xx kk ii jj // Xx 11 ii jj || )) ΣΣ jj == 11 NN ii || Xx 11 ii jj || 相位校正参数是:The phase correction parameters are: 其中,i代表角度网格序号,k代表通道号,j代表落入该网格的校正源序号,Ni代表该角度网格的校正源总数;Among them, i represents the number of the angle grid, k represents the channel number, j represents the number of the correction source falling into the grid, and Ni represents the total number of correction sources of the angle grid; 将每个角度网格的校正参数合并,即得整个雷达覆盖区域的天线阵流形:Combining the correction parameters of each angle grid, the antenna array manifold of the entire radar coverage area is obtained: 其中,M代表角度网格总数。Among them, M represents the total number of angle grids.
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