Study on the New Methods of Ship Object Detection Based on GNSS Reflection

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the new methods of ship object detection based on GPS-R correlation power spectra. Both the principle and the algorithms for recognition are given in detail. The architecture of Doppler Delay Mapping Receiver (DDMR), signal-processing chain, and correlation power spectra discriminant of the reflected signals from the ship object are discussed. Real-time data collection campaigns were done near the sea at Sanya with the Doppler delay mapping receiver mounted on an airplane. Some preliminary experiment results show that the DDMR could work well and can be used in ship object detecting.

Keywords:

• Satellite navigation system
• reflected signals
• ship object detecting

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61001155). The authors would like to extend their thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.