一种基于OFDM-chirp的雷达通信一体化波形设计与处理方法

雷达通信一体化波形设计是近年来的研究热点.有学者提出利用正交频分复用(OFDM)信号的奇偶载波分别调制雷达与通信功能来实现一体化.但OFDM通信系统一般采用循环前缀(CP)来避免多径效应带来的载波间干扰(ICI)和符号间干扰(ISI),这会降低能量利用率,并会形成虚假目标,影响雷达性能;此外,传统的OFDM一体化信号对...

A New Method of Joint Radar and Communication Waveform Design and Signal Processing Based on OFDM-chirp

Waveform design of joint radar and communication has become a focus of intense research in recent years. Some scholars have proposed to use the odd and even carrier of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal to modulate the radar and communication functions, respectively, to realize the integration. However, OFDM systems generally use cyclic prefix to avoid Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI) and Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by multipath effects, reducing energy utilization and creating false targets, which affect radar performance. In addition, the traditional OFDM integrated signal is more sensitive to Doppler shift. A small Doppler frequency offset will also cause a considerable drop in orthogonal performance. On this basis, this paper proposes a new waveform design and processing method. This method uses blank guard intervals to replace cyclic prefixes, which can resist multipath effects while avoiding false targets introduced by cyclic prefixes, effectively preventing ICI and ISI. In terms of signal processing methods, this paper proposes a method for channel estimation and Doppler compensation using the priori information of the radar signal. Compared with the traditional method, this new method reduces the system’s resource overhead, such as pilot frequency and training sequence. It improves energy utilization and spectrum efficiency. The peak side lobe ratio, integration side lobe rate, and bit error ratio are also improved. Simulation experiments verify the effectiveness of this method.