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  • Signal Processing
  • Estimation Theory

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  • Localization of moving targets is crucial in dual-frequency radar systems.
  • Existing noncoherent localization methods, like least squares (LS), have limitations in accuracy.
  • Improving positioning accuracy for multi-station systems is an active research area.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel localization method for multi-station dual-frequency radar systems.
  • To enhance positioning accuracy compared to the conventional least squares (LS) estimator.
  • To analyze the impact of signal-to-noise ratio and sample count on range estimation performance.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a two-step weighted least squares (WLS) estimator.
  • Analysis of range estimation performance based on signal-to-noise ratio and number of samples.
  • Derivation of theoretical variance and Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for performance evaluation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed two-step WLS method demonstrates increased positioning accuracy.
  • Performance analysis reveals the influence of signal noise ratio and sample size on range estimation.
  • Simulation results validate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method over LS.

Conclusions:

  • The novel two-step WLS estimator offers enhanced localization accuracy for multi-station dual-frequency radar systems.
  • The study provides a theoretical framework and simulation-based evidence for the proposed method's performance.
  • This research contributes to advancing target localization techniques in radar applications.