DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADAR ALGORITHM COMPONENTS FOR TARGET DETECTION

The new concept of software-defined radar (SDR) can be used in various applications such as traffic monitoring and safety, security and surveillance. Most of the hardware processing parts have been replaced by software processing in SDR. To complete its expected functions, an SDR system relies on multiple components, among which algorithm components are used to implement signal processing. The algorithm components are of great importance to the performance of SDR, and need to be carefully designed. In this paper, first the principles of algorithm components design are introduced. After that, an example of algorithm component design is presented using a self-developed integrated development platform with a high-performance mathematical operation library, VSIPL, to realize target detection. A verification of validity and versatility is also given in the end of this paper. More algorithm components of radar signal and data processing can be developed and applied to actual application scenarios using this method.