Informational Analysis for Compressive Sampling in Radar Imaging

Sensors

Jingxiong Zhang¹  Ke Yang² 

[1] School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, 430079 Wuhan, China; E-Mail

关键词: compressive sampling;    rate distortion;    mutual information;    complex-valued scenes;    radar imaging;    under-sampling ratios;    Gaussian mixtures;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s150407136

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Compressive sampling or compressed sensing (CS) works on the assumption of the sparsity or compressibility of the underlying signal, relies on the trans-informational capability of the measurement matrix employed and the resultant measurements, operates with optimization-based algorithms for signal reconstruction and is thus able to complete data compression, while acquiring data, leading to sub-Nyquist sampling strategies that promote efficiency in data acquisition, while ensuring certain accuracy criteria. Information theory provides a framework complementary to classic CS theory for analyzing information mechanisms and for determining the necessary number of measurements in a CS environment, such as CS-radar, a radar sensor conceptualized or designed with CS principles and techniques. Despite increasing awareness of information-theoretic perspectives on CS-radar, reported research has been rare. This paper seeks to bridge the gap in the interdisciplinary area of CS, radar and information theory by analyzing information flows in CS-radar from sparse scenes to measurements and determining sub-Nyquist sampling rates necessary for scene reconstruction within certain distortion thresholds, given differing scene sparsity and average per-sample signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Simulated studies were performed to complement and validate the information-theoretic analysis. The combined strategy proposed in this paper is valuable for information-theoretic orientated CS-radar system analysis and performance evaluation.

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