LPI Radar Signal Recognition Based on Dual-Channel CNN and Feature Fusion

Abstract

The accuracy of low probability of intercept (LPI) radar waveform recognition is an important and challenging problem in electronic warfare. Aiming at the problem of the difficulty in feature extraction and the low recognition rates of the LPI radar signal under a low signal-to-noise ratio, and inspired by the symmetry theory, we propose a new approach for the LPI radar signal recognition method based on a dual-channel convolutional neural network (CNN) and feature fusion. Our new approach contains three main modules: the preprocessing module that converts the LPI radar waveforms into two-dimensional time-frequency images using the Choi–Williams distribution (CWD) transformation and performs image binarization, the feature extraction module that extracts different features obtained from the images, and the recognition module that utilizes a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) network to fuse these features and distinguish the type of LPI radar signals. In the feature extraction module, a two-channel CNN model is proposed that extracts Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) features and deep features from time-frequency images, respectively. Finally, the recognition module recognizes the radar signals using a Softmax classifier based on the fused features from two channels. The experimental results from 12 types of LPI radar signals prove the superiority and robustness of the proposed model. Its overall recognition rate reaches 97% when the signal-to-noise ratio is −6 dB.

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