A SIFT Algorithm for Bistatic SAR Imaging in Spaceborne Constant-offset Configuration (in English)

This paper focuses on the problem of the space-variance of the range-cell migration term for bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and proposes a Scaled Inverse Fourier Transform (SIFT)-based imaging algorithm for the constant-offset configuration of bistatic SAR data processing. Range-cell migration correction is realized when two times phase multiplies and a convolution operation are executed. Because the imaging algorithm is based on a precise spectrum that has been deduced from the Geometry-Based Formula (GBF) algorithm, the proposed algorithm can handle the bistatic SAR data, which were obtained with a large baseline to ratio. The advantages and effectiveness of the proposed imaging method have been verified by simulated and comparable experiments. Moreover, unlike other scaling-imaging algorithms that are dependent on the frequency modulated characteristics of the signal, the SIFT imaging algorithm is also suitable for phase-coded signals, which are used in a wider range of applications.