SAR Parameter Estimation Method for Rectangle Plane Based on Information Geometry

Yuhan Wen, Xinliang Chen, Yangkai Wei, Yujie Fan, Tao Zeng, Zegang DIng

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Abstract

After establishing scattering models, the traditional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) parameter estimation methods usually utilize vanilla gradients to estimate target parameters from SAR echoes or images. However, the vanilla gradients will lead to lower iteration efficiency. Hence, in this paper, to take the rectangle plane as an example, we propose a SAR parameter estimation method based on the information geometry (SPEM-IG) to solve the above problem. The SPEM-IG adopts the natural gradient to estimate the parameters based on the information geometry optimization algorithm. The central objective of SPEM-IG is to project the least square function into probability distribution space and find the optimal solution in the new parameter space. In order to reduce the computational complexity caused by the multi-peak feature of least squares function, SPEM-IG utilizes the range of parameters rather than its exact value in calculating the value of least squares function, and takes the optimal solution in this range as the result of the current iteration process. By considering the geometric structure of manifolds, SPEM-IG calculates the optimal gradient direction called natural gradient to obtain faster convergence rate. The experimental results show that the SPEM-IG is effective for estimating target parameters. Besides, SPEM-IG has good performance even at low signal-to-noise ratios of SAR images.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICSIDP 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728123455
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019
Event2019 IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing, ICSIDP 2019 - Chongqing, China
Duration: 11 Dec 201913 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameICSIDP 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing 2019

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing, ICSIDP 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChongqing
Period11/12/1913/12/19

Keywords

  • information geometry
  • natural gradient
  • parametric scattering model

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Wen, Y., Chen, X., Wei, Y., Fan, Y., Zeng, T., & DIng, Z. (2019). SAR Parameter Estimation Method for Rectangle Plane Based on Information Geometry. In ICSIDP 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing 2019 Article 9173226 (ICSIDP 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIDP47821.2019.9173226