MOP-BASED EMITTER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

COMPLEX MODULATIONS USED BY MODERN RADAR SYSTEMS PRESENT PROBLEMS FOR CURRENT ESM SYSTEMS INCLUDING FAILURE TO DETECT, MEASURE OR RECOGNIZE EMITTERS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO IDENTIFY RADAR PULSE SORTING TECHNIQUES FOR MODERN EMITTERS ESPECIALLY THOSE EMPLOYING COMPLEX MODULATIONS, THAT CAN PROVIDE DETECTION, SIGNAL SORTING, HIGH RESOLUTION PARAMETER MEASUREMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND A BASIC FOR JAMMING. THE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DESIGNING AND EVALUATING A MODULATION-BASED SYSTEM FOR RAPIDLY MEASURING MODULATION IN PULSE, EXTRACTING MODULATION FEATURES, SORTING PULSES ON THE BASIS OF MOP AND IDENTIFYING SIGNAL BASED ON MOP. THE SYSTEM WILL BE BASED ON PARALLEL HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE AND CUSTOM HARDWARE COMPONENTS TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED SPEED. GENERIC FEATURE EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS WILL ALLOW ANY INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL MODULATION TO BE PROCESSED. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EVALUATED USING A DETAILED COMPUTER SIMULATION OF BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE-BASED PROCESSING ALGORITHMS AND EMPLOY REALISTIC DATA. THE RESULT OF THE EFFORT WILL BE A DETAILED SYSTEM DESIGN READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND FIELD TESTING AND A REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE WORK.