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Nonlinear Trajectory Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging and Autofocus Algorithm Based on Sub-image Nonlinear Chirp Scaling
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摘要: 合成孔径雷达(SAR)的非线性轨迹运动可能会在雷达回波信号中引入严重的二维空变特性，因此基于方位平移不变性假设的传统频域成像算法不再适用于非线性轨迹SAR的高精度成像。现有非线性轨迹SAR成像算法通常采用复杂的非线性变标(NCS)校正回波信号的方位空变特性，然而NCS参数过多导致算法复杂，使得其当存在较大平台运动测量误差时无法与现有自聚焦算法有效结合。针对该问题，该文提出一种基于子图像NCS的非线性轨迹SAR成像及其自聚焦方法，在保证成像精度的前提下能够减少NCS的参数数量，更有利于后续的自聚焦处理。仿真与实测数据处理验证了所提方法的有效性。
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关键词:
- 合成孔径雷达(SAR) /
- 非线性轨迹 /
- 非线性变标(NCS) /
- 二维空变 /
- 自聚焦
Abstract: The radar echo signal may experience substantial two-dimensional spatial variance due to the nonlinear Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) trajectory. The traditional frequency-domain imaging algorithms based on the assumption of azimuth translational invariance are unsuitable for high-precision imaging of nonlinear trajectory SAR. Therefore, for nonlinear trajectory SAR imaging, the azimuth spatial variance of the echo signals is typically rectified using complex Nonlinear Chirp Scaling (NCS). However, when there are substantial motion errors, it cannot be effectively combined with the current autofocus algorithms considering the complexity of the algorithm due to too many NCS parameters. Thus, to address this issue, this study proposes a nonlinear trajectory SAR imaging and autofocus method according to the sub-image NCS, which can reduce the number of NCS parameters and ensure imaging accuracy; moreover, it is more conducive to the subsequent autofocus processing. The effectiveness of the suggested approach is confirmed by simulation and measured data processing. -
图 1 双基非线性轨迹SAR几何构型
Figure 1. Geometric configuration of bistatic nonlinear trajectory SAR
图 3 2次误差的2阶空变特性校正示意图
Figure 3. Schematic diagram for the second-order spatial-variant characteristic correction of quadratic error
图 4 剩余空变相位随子图像数量的变化
Figure 4. Change of residual spatial-variant phase with the number of sub images
图 5 场景左端点目标仿真数据处理结果
Figure 5. The simulation data processing results of the left edge target in the scene
图 6 场景右端点目标仿真数据处理结果
Figure 6. The simulation data processing results of the right edge target in the scene
图 8 实测数据处理结果(第1列为第2列左端红色虚线矩形框的局部细节图；第3列为第2列右端红色虚线矩形框的局部细节图)
Figure 8. Measured data processing results (The first and the third columns are the local enlarged images of the left and right edge scenes, respectively)
表 1 仿真参数
Table 1. Simulation parameters
参数 发射机 接收机 初速度 (48.3, 13.6, 0) m/s (48.2, 13.5, 0) m/s 加速度 (–0.05, –0.01, 0) m/s2 (–0.05, –0.01, 0) m/s2 载频 16 GHz PRF 1000 Hz 带宽 1400 MHz 合成孔径时间 24 s 方位分辨率 0.1 m 最近斜距 17.5 km 工作模式 聚束 斜视角 0o 
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表 2 3种方法方位聚焦质量的定量评估结果
Table 2. Quantitative evaluation results of azimuth focusing quality for the three methods
方法 场景左端目标 场景右端目标 PSLR(dB) ISLR(dB) 熵值 PSLR(dB) ISLR(dB) 熵值 匹配滤波 –2.34 –5.11 8.487 –3.47 –4.88 8.512 NCS[18] –5.27 –7.24 8.391 –11.48 –8.91 8.344 子图像分割+NCS –13.14 –9.81 8.312 –13.20 –9.89 8.309
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表 3 变标函数系数
${\boldsymbol{{\alpha _k},\beta}}$ 的估计算法Table 3. The estimation method of coefficients
${\boldsymbol{{\alpha _k},\beta}}$ 步骤1 求解第1个最优化问题，即式(17) 1.1 输入：two-step MoCo后的SAR图像 1.2 设$ \alpha = 0 $，参数$ \beta $的初始搜索区间为$\beta \in \left[ { {\beta _{\rm{s}}},{\beta _{\rm{e}}} } \right]$，迭 代终止阈值为$ \varepsilon {\text{ = }}0.01 $ 1.3 while $\max \left\{ {E\left( { {\beta _{\rm{s} } } } \right),E\left( { {\beta _{\rm{e} } } } \right)} \right\} > \varepsilon$ 引入式(8)中的4阶变标函数；采用黄金分割法不断 缩小$ \beta $的区间 1.4 End while 1.5 输出：$ \overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{\beta } $及3阶误差校正后的图像 步骤2 求解第2个最优化问题，即式(18) 2.1 输入：$ \overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{\beta } $及3阶误差校正后的图像 2.2 对图像进行分块处理，得到N个子图像 2.3 For k = 1:N (1) 设$ \beta = \overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{\beta } $，参数$ {\alpha _k} $的初始搜索区间为
${\alpha _k} \in \left[ { {\alpha _{ {\rm{sk} } } } ,{ {\alpha _{ {\rm{ek} } } } } } \right]$，迭代终止阈值为$ \varepsilon {\text{ = }}0.01 $(2) while $\max \left\{ { {E_k}\left( { {\alpha _{{\rm{sk}}} } } \right),{E_k}\left( { {\alpha _{{\rm{ek}}} } } \right)} \right\} > \varepsilon$ 引入式(7)中的3阶变标函数；采用黄金分割法不断 缩小$ {\alpha _k} $的区间 (3) End while (4) 输出：$ {\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\frown}$}}{\alpha } _k} $及2阶误差校正后的子图像 2.4 End 2.5 子图像拼接
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