Particle filtering for passive fathometer tracking

Seabed interface depths and fathometer amplitudes are tracked for an unknown and changing number of sub-bottom reflectors. This is achieved by incorporating conventional and adaptive fathometer processors into sequential Monte Carlo methods for a moving vertical line array. Sediment layering information and time-varying fathometer response amplitudes are tracked by using a multiple model particle filter with an uncertain number of reflectors. Results are compared to a classical particle filter where the number of reflectors is considered to be known. Reflector tracking is demonstrated for both conventional and adaptive processing applied to the drifting array data from the Boundary 2003 experiment. The layering information is successfully tracked by the multiple model particle filter even for noisy fathometer outputs.     

Ocean bottom profiling with ambient noise: a model for the passive fathometer

A model is presented for the complete passive fathometer response to ocean surface noise, interfering discrete noise sources, and locally uncorrelated noise in an ideal waveguide. The leading order term of the ocean surface noise contribution produces the cross-correlation of vertical multipaths and yields the depth of sub-bottom reflectors. Discrete noise incident on the array via multipaths give multiple peaks in the fathometer response. These peaks may obscure the sub-bottom reflections but can be attenuated with use of minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) steering vectors. The seabed critical angle introduces discontinuities in the spatial distribution of distant surface noise and may introduce spurious peaks in the passive fathometer response. These peaks can be attenuated by beamforming within a bandwidth limited by the array geometry and critical angle.     

Source motion mitigation for adaptive matched field processing

Application of adaptive matched field processing to the problem of detecting quiet targets in shallow water is complicated by source motion, both the motion of the target and the motion of discrete interferers. Target motion causes spreading of the target peak, thereby reducing output signal power. Interferer motion increases the dimensionality of the interference subspace, reducing adaptive interference suppression. This paper presents three techniques that mitigate source motion problems in adaptive matched field processing. The first involves rank reduction, which enables adaptive weight computation over short observation intervals where motion effects are less pronounced. The other two techniques specifically compensate for source motion. Explicit target motion compensation reduces target motion mismatch by focusing snapshots according to a target velocity hypothesis. And time-varying interference filtering places time-varying nulls on moving interferers not otherwise suppressed by adaptive weights. The three techniques are applied to volumetric array data from the Santa Barbara Channel Experiment and are shown to improve output signal-to-background-plus-noise ratio by more than 3 dB over the standard minimum-variance, distortionless response adaptive beam-former. Application of the techniques in some cases proves to be the difference between detecting and not detecting the target.     

The Influence of Weight-Vector Fluctuations on Statistical Properties of an Adaptive Antenna Array with a Fast Recurrent Tuning Algorithm

We present the results of statistical analysis of an adaptive antenna array tuned in accordance with the fast recurrent algorithm of inversion of a sample estimate of the correlation matrix with allowance for weight-vector fluctuations. Using the perturbation-theory methods in the first (Born) approximation, we obtain the spectral-correlation characteristics of the output signal of an antenna array. Fluctuations are shown to result in signal distortions at the output of an adaptive antenna array. Comparing the obtained expressions with the corresponding formulas for the antenna array with a gradient tuning algorithm, we see that for equal convergence rates of the above algorithms, the output-signal distortions are more pronounced for the fast recurrent algorithm. It is also shown that the weight-vector fluctuations are anisotropic for the fast algorithm, i.e., they are absent in the restriction direction, minimal in the interference direction, and maximal in all other directions. The weight-vector fluctuations in an adaptive antenna array with a gradient tuning algorithm are isotropic in the restriction subspace, i.e., they are the same in all directions and are equal in magnitude to fluctuations in the interference direction for the fast algorithm. The weight-vector fluctuations are also absent in the restriction direction for the gradient tuning algorithm.     

单水听器波导不变量被动测距

本文主要讨论利用声场干涉现象由单水听器被动测距的可行性及测距性能,为此提出了单水听器波导不变量被动测距方法,通过提取LOFAR图上干涉条纹、使用简正波模型计算波导不变量、频域相关法估计相对速度,最后依据干涉条纹方程得到声源距离估计量。数值仿真和海上实验结果验证了单水听器被动测距的可行性,并具备一定测距性能,在3 dB信噪比环境中,对于7 km处的运动声源,平均测距误差小于5%。本文方法具有设备简单、易于推广至阵列信号处理等特点,为声纳信号处理环境宽容性的提高及环境适配声纳的设计开拓了思路。     

基于组合线阵的近程运动小目标被动定位跟踪

针对水下运动小目标被动探测与定位问题,提出了分段组合子阵联合处理探测方法,各探测子阵采用相互垂直结构布局,克服了单阵方位模糊及无法定位等问题。研究了分段组合子阵的宽带最小方差无畸变失真响应近场聚焦目标定位方法,实现了近程蛙人等水下小目标被动高精度定位。在此基础上,采用卡尔曼滤波算法对目标运动轨迹进行预测估计,将目标定位信息与跟踪轨迹信息进行匹配,实现高背景噪音下的运动小目标的跟踪处理。理论分析及仿真结果表明,分段子阵联合处理能有效对水下运动小目标进行定位和跟踪,海试试验进一步验证了该方法的有效性。     

Robust adaptive matched field processing with environmental uncertainty

The main challenges on detection and localization of quiet targets in littoral regions for passive sonar are the complicated acoustic propagation and the prevalence of loud ship interferences on the surface. Adaptive matched field processing can provide the ability to null surface interferences, but the mismatch between the computed and actual array steering vectors due to environment uncertainty, and the motion of both targets and interferences can result in loss of array gain significantly. To address the problem of environmental mismatch and target motion, a robust motion compensation algorithm and a system scheme for adaptive matched field processing have been developed. Both Numerical simulation and analysis of experimental data demonstrates that the robust AMFP scheme could suppress surface loud interferences and improve the detection performance for underwater weak moving targets in complex shallow water.     

A parameter estimator based on adaptive noise canceller

I.Introductionwith'thewendevelopmentofadaptivesignalprocessingtheoryandtheraPiddevelopmentofD.S.Pdevices,adaptivenoisecancellerl1'2]iswidelyusedininformationprocessingfieldssuchasradar,sonartspeechsignalprocessingandcommunication.Butadaptivecancellerisseldomusedasaparameterestimatortoestimateaprocessorparameterssuchasbearing,rangetvelocityandpositionofamaneuveringtarget,becausetheparameters(i.e.thesrycalledsignaltobeestimatied)tobeestimatedareusuallynonstationaryandhavethenonzeromean,thatwill…     

Motion compensation for adaptive horizontal line array processing

Large aperture horizontal line arrays have small resolution cells and can be used to separate a target signal from an interference signal by array beamforming. High-resolution adaptive array processing can be used to place a null at the interference signal so that the array gain can be much higher than that of conventional beamforming. But these nice features are significantly degraded by the source motion, which reduces the time period under which the environment can be considered stationary from the array processing point of view. For adaptive array processing, a large number of data samples are generally required to minimize the variance of the cross-spectral density, or the covariance matrix, between the array elements. For a moving source and interference, the penalty of integrating over a large number of samples is the spread of signal and interference energy to more than one or two eigenvalues. The signal and interference are no longer clearly identified by the eigenvectors and, consequently, the ability to suppress the interference suffers. We show in this paper that the effect of source motion can be compensated for the (signal) beam covariance matrix, thus allowing integration over a large number of data samples without loss in the signal beam power. We employ an equivalent of a rotating coordinate frame to track the signal bearing change and use the waveguide invariant theory to compensate the signal range change by frequency shifting.     

基于自适应差分进化算法的阵列侧向测井快速反演

严格意义上的电测井反演在每一次反演算法迭代过程中都要进行多次正演计算,耗时长,在复杂三维地层模型中电测井数据的实时反演不太可能实现,对现场实时高效处理电测井数据提出了挑战.本文基于径向阶跃介质模型,预先计算正演响应,在反演过程中直接进行线性插值调用,大大节省反演时间.提出一种自适应差分进化算法,将阵列侧向反演问题转化为一种非线性的全局优化问题,通过与经典差分进化算法、马奎特算法进行比较,自适应差分进化算法具备寻优成功率高（90%）、平均迭代次数少（21）、抗噪性好的特点.利用不同侵入条件下的层状介质模型进行算法验证,结果表明改进算法反演的电阻率较视电阻率更加接近储层真实电阻率,可以满足油气藏评价的需要.     

基于矢量水听器阵列空域预滤波处理的多重信号分类算法研究

矢量水听器能同时拾取声压和振速信息,在相同的信噪比、阵元数及阵列孔径下,矢量阵定向性能优于声压阵列。目前,以多重信号分类算法(Multiple signal classification,MUSIC)为代表的高分辨定向算法已经广泛应用于矢量水听器阵列中。但是随着信噪比降低、信号源方位间隔减小,传统MUSIC算法定向精度及分辨概率显著下降。本文采用最小二乘法设计适用于矢量水听器水平阵列的矩阵空域滤波器,用于阵列数据的空间滤波预处理,可以对阻带扇面噪声进行有效抑制。由滤波后的数据协方差矩阵可以得到新的噪声子空间,在传统MUSIC算法基础上修正通带扇面内阵列流型的畸变后即可得到滤波后MUSIC算法的方位谱。仿真结果表明,当信噪比较低时,改进算法有效提高了通带扇面内目标方位分辨性能。最后本文对四基元矢量水平阵列海试数据进行了处理,改进算法对窄带信号定向较常规算法-3 dB束宽减小了13°,旁瓣级降低约8 dB。对有一定带宽的行船辐射噪声定向处理得到了更加精确的航迹图,海试数据处理结果证明了该算法的可行性和有效性。     

一种公共网络攻击数据挖掘智能算法研究

公共网络的开放性和自组织特性导致网络容易受到病毒干扰和入侵攻击,对攻击数据的准确高效挖掘能确保网络安全。传统方法采用时频指向性波束特征聚类方法实现攻击数据挖掘,在信噪比较低时攻击数据准确挖掘概率较低。提出一种基于自适应滤波检测和时频特征提取的公共网络攻击数据挖掘智能算法。首先进行公共网络攻击数据的信号拟合和时间序列分析,对含噪的攻击数据拟合信号进行自适应滤波检测,提高信号纯度,对滤波输出数据进行时频特征提取,实现攻击数据的准确挖掘。仿真结果表明,采用该算法进行网络攻击数据挖掘,对攻击数据特征的准确检测性能较高,对干扰的抑制性能较强,能有效实现网络安全防御。     

基于时间反转扩频的隐蔽水声通信方法

针对低信噪比条件下水下小尺度平台与通信浮标间进行隐蔽水声通信时,强多径干扰导致通信困难的问题,提出了一种基于时间反转技术的直接序列扩频隐蔽通信方法。该方法利用多通道主/被动时间反转的空时聚焦效应,提高了低信噪比条件下直接序列扩频通信的抗多径干扰能力,并且具有良好的低检测概率通信能力。仿真和水池实验结果表明:该方法满足水下小尺度平台处理结构简单、低功耗的要求,实现了水下单阵元平台与通信浮标之间的双向隐蔽通信。     

应用半正定规划的目标方位超分辨方法

针对水下目标方位超分辨估计问题,提出了一种基于半正定规划(Sdp)的常规波束(CBF)方位超分辨算法(SdpCBF).Sdp-CBF算法基于常规波束形成获得多目标方位谱数据,利用阵列响应矩阵和半正定规划技术,精确估计目标数量和波达角方向.该算法的本质是利用阵列特性和信号能量信息获得超分辨方位估计,不用进行子空间分解,通过卷积反演的方式将阵列孔径的有限效应消除,在L₂范数约束条件下重构空间谱.仿真表明,Sdp-CBF算法具有较强的噪声抑制能力,对非相干和相干信号均具有目标方位超分辨能力,在低信噪比环境下的方位分辨性能超过多重信号分类(MUSIC)等经典高分辨算法。对消声水池以及湖上实验数据的处理结果显示,Sdp-CBF算法在复杂环境中对相干信号及微弱信号具有较强的分辨能力。      

Multi-sampling and filtering technology of IRFPA

In order to overcome the drawbacks of low SNR of IR (infrared) images and resolve the problem that widely used 2D-TDI (two dimensional time delay integration) algorithm could only be applied to static or slow-moving targets, the application of multi-sampling and filtering technology is discussed in this paper. The technology adopted the method of sampling the same pixel repeatedly in one image which ensured that it could be applied to fast-moving targets and lowered random noise of IR images in the meantime. Both the images effects and the experimental data show that multi-sampling and filtering technology of infrared focal plane array (IRFPA) have the same ability of improving SNR (signal noise ratio) of IR images as the 2D-TDI algorithm which can raise the SNR of IR images to times of the original ones (m equals to the sampling times at the same pixel), and the experimental result also proves that the technology can be applied to all moving targets.     

Passive fathometer processing

Ocean acoustic noise can be processed efficiently to extract Green's function information between two receivers. By using noise array-processing techniques, it has been demonstrated that a passive array can be used as a fathometer [Siderius, et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 1315-1323 (2006)]. Here, this approach is derived in both frequency and time domains and the output corresponds to the reflection sequence. From this reflection sequence, it is possible to extract seabed layering. In the ocean waveguide, most of the energy is horizontally propagating, whereas the bottom information is contained in the vertically propagating noise. Extracting the seabed information requires a dense array, since the resolution of the bottom layer is about half the array spacing. If velocity sensors are used instead of pressure sensors, the array spacing requirement can be relaxed and simulations show that just one vertical velocity sensor is sufficient.     

融合检测机制的鲁棒相关滤波视觉跟踪算法

为了解决相关滤波视觉跟踪算法在复杂场景中产生的跟踪漂移问题, 提出一种融合检测机制的相关滤波跟踪框架。利用时空正则化滤波器作为跟踪器, 同时使用线性核相关滤波器作为检测器。当跟踪器与目标进行相关计算得到的响应图为多个峰值时, 激活检测器, 对多个峰值进行相关匹配, 获得重检测结果; 同时, 使用平均峰值相关能量的滤波器模型更新策略得到更加可靠的检测器, 以达到提高跟踪精度和算法鲁棒性的目的。在OTB2015、Temple color 128和VOT2016数据平台上的实验结果表明, 与近年提出的性能较出色的跟踪算法相比, 本文算法在目标运动模糊、相似背景干扰和光照变化等复杂场景中具有更好的鲁棒性和准确性, 且跟踪精度和成功率上均有提高。     

时域递归滤波对微光成像视距影响的研究

 针对微光成像中噪声较大及视距较短的问题,提出了一种自适应时域递归滤波算法。该算法通过自动调节时域递归的滤波系数来提高信噪比和延伸视距。实验显示当滤波系数分别为0.50、0.75和0.875时,视距分别能延伸至原始的1.73倍、2.64倍和3.87倍,所得到的视距延伸与理论值基本保持一致。实验结果表明该算法在保持图像运动部分清晰的同时,还能有效地消除噪声并延伸微光成像系统的视距。     

Blind deconvolution for robust signal estimation and approximate source localization

Synthetic time reversal (STR) is a technique for blind deconvolution in an unknown multipath environment that relies on generic features (rays or modes) of multipath sound propagation. This paper describes how ray-based STR signal estimates may be improved and how ray-based STR sound-channel impulse-response estimates may be exploited for approximate source localization in underwater environments. Findings are based on simulations and underwater experiments involving source-array ranges from 100 m to 1 km in 60 -m-deep water and chirp signals with a bandwidth of 1.5-4.0 kHz. Signal estimation performance is quantified by the correlation coefficient between the source-broadcast and the STR-estimated signals for a variable number N of array elements, 2 ≤ N ≤ 32, and a range of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), -5 dB ≤ SNR ≤ 30 dB. At high SNR, STR-estimated signals are found to have cross-correlation coefficients of ～90% with as few as four array elements, and similar performance may be achieved at a SNR of nearly 0 dB with 32 array elements. When the broadband STR-estimated impulse response is used for source localization via a simple ray-based backpropagation scheme, the results are less ambiguous than those obtained from conventional broadband matched field processing.     

Geometrical phase and surface plasmon focusing with azimuthal polarization

Owing to a geometric phase effect, an isosceles triangular aperture etched into thin metal film leads to constructive or destructive interference of surface plasmons excited at the two equal sides under linearly polarized illumination. Through appropriate spatial arrangement of an array of triangles, a highly confined focal spot beyond the diffraction limit can be achieved at the geometric center under azimuthally polarized excitation with field enhancement comparable to a bull's eye plasmonic lens under radially polarized illumination. Through simply rotating the orientation of each triangle aperture by 90°, the plasmonic structure defocuses the same azimuthal polarization illumination due to destructive interference caused by a geometric π-phase difference between the two sides of the triangle and between the adjacent triangles.