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I.V.Vassiliyev, orcid.org/0000-0002-6216-0443,  Special Design and Technology Bureau “Granit”, Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

B.B.Imansakipova*, orcid.org/0000-0003-0658-2112, Satbayev University, Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sh.K.Aitkazinova, orcid.org/0000-0002-0964-3008, Satbayev University, Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

K.Z.Issabayev, orcid.org/0000-0001-5183-3668, Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics and Communications, Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, e-mail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

M.K.Olzhabayev, orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-6562, Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics and Communications, Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

D.G.Kanapiyanova, orcid.org/0000-0003-2819-3791, Satbayev University, Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

* Corresponding author e-mail: imansakipovakazntu@gmail. com

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Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu. 2024, (5): 130 - 135

https://doi.org/10.33271/nvngu/2024-5/130

Abstract:

Purpose. Reducing the dispersion of radar reflections from local objects, with multi-frequency sensing, to solve the problem of orientation by radar reflections from objects.

Methodology. Reflections from local objects in the entire frequency range of the radar station (RS) at the same radio engineering position were measured by three independent radars of the same type on different days and at different antenna elevations. The deviation of the radar stations in the position did not exceed 500 meters. Coordinates (azimuth, range) of reflections of several separate local objects were allocated for each radar. The average values of reflections from local objects and their dispersion in the frequency range were calculated. Using various algorithms, individual frequencies were sampled and the reflected signals were averaged at these frequencies. The decrease in the dispersion of the reflected signal from the number of frequencies at which reflections were measured and from the algorithm for selecting these frequencies was investigated.

Findings. Averaging the values of reflections from local objects for several frequencies leads to a decrease in dispersion and, as a result, to a more accurate correspondence of the reflected signal level to the geometric size of the local object. The variance decreases most rapidly for a small number of frequencies selected for averaging when selecting frequencies located in an interval of at least 1% relative to each other.

Originality. To solve the problem of orientation based on radar reflections from local objects, it is necessary to identify the landmarks selected on a digital terrain model. Due to the fact that local objects (hills) are a collection of many reflectors falling into the allowed volume of the radar, with different levels of reflections and random phases, there may not be radar reflection from a local object at a certain frequency, or it may be very small. In order to unambiguously identify all landmarks, measurements must be carried out at several frequencies. The work has established how many frequencies measurements should be performed at and on what principle these frequencies should be selected.

Practical value. The advent of digital terrain models made it possible to solve the problem of terrain orientation by comparing radar reflections from local objects with reflection models based on digital terrain maps. Radar reflection models use mathematical expectations of reflection values, unlike real reflections, which have random deviations in signal levels depending on the operating frequency. Reducing the variance of these deviations increases the accuracy of identifying characteristic local objects (landmarks) used to orient the radar in the absence of data from satellite navigation systems.

Keywords: dispersion, radar, frequency range, landmark, digital terrain model

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