MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences

To facilitate the full-pulse sequence received by a radar reconnaissance receiver, this study proposed a clustering segmentation method for radar signals. Owing to the influence of the complex electromagnetic environment, the probability of the occurrence of time–frequency overlapping of signals inc...

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Main Authors: Tao Chen, Yu Lei, Limin Guo, Boyi Yang
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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description To facilitate the full-pulse sequence received by a radar reconnaissance receiver, this study proposed a clustering segmentation method for radar signals. Owing to the influence of the complex electromagnetic environment, the probability of the occurrence of time–frequency overlapping of signals increases, and the demand for signal localization and classification becomes higher. However, most existing studies have only classified and identified individual pulse signals and lack the ability to analyze signals for full pulses. This study proposed a multi-radar cluster-based segmentation network (MRCS-Net) for large time-length full-pulse signals. The network innovatively addresses the processing challenges of prolonged full-pulse signals and effectively achieves the classification and recognition of different pulses under time–frequency overlapping conditions. The proposed algorithm filters the signal with SincNet and then sequentially feeds the sequence into a long short-term memory network. Consequently, the outputs are clustered and segmented using multilayer perceptrons and classifiers. Experiments were conducted on six different types of radar signals. The results demonstrated that the proposed method exhibited lower segmentation error rate metric compared to other similar methods. Moreover, it outperformed other methods in terms of recognition performance.
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spelling doaj-art-e1d3206e6c2043b68cffa8ea6f32a8dd2025-08-20T01:49:50ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-04-01179153810.3390/rs17091538MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse SequencesTao Chen0Yu Lei1Limin Guo2Boyi Yang3College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaTo facilitate the full-pulse sequence received by a radar reconnaissance receiver, this study proposed a clustering segmentation method for radar signals. Owing to the influence of the complex electromagnetic environment, the probability of the occurrence of time–frequency overlapping of signals increases, and the demand for signal localization and classification becomes higher. However, most existing studies have only classified and identified individual pulse signals and lack the ability to analyze signals for full pulses. This study proposed a multi-radar cluster-based segmentation network (MRCS-Net) for large time-length full-pulse signals. The network innovatively addresses the processing challenges of prolonged full-pulse signals and effectively achieves the classification and recognition of different pulses under time–frequency overlapping conditions. The proposed algorithm filters the signal with SincNet and then sequentially feeds the sequence into a long short-term memory network. Consequently, the outputs are clustered and segmented using multilayer perceptrons and classifiers. Experiments were conducted on six different types of radar signals. The results demonstrated that the proposed method exhibited lower segmentation error rate metric compared to other similar methods. Moreover, it outperformed other methods in terms of recognition performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/9/1538deep learningfull-pulse sequencessignal clusteringsignal segmentation
spellingShingle Tao Chen
Yu Lei
Limin Guo
Boyi Yang
MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences
Remote Sensing
deep learning
full-pulse sequences
signal clustering
signal segmentation
title MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences
title_full MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences
title_fullStr MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences
title_full_unstemmed MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences
title_short MRCS-Net: Multi-Radar Clustering Segmentation Networks for Full-Pulse Sequences
title_sort mrcs net multi radar clustering segmentation networks for full pulse sequences
topic deep learning
full-pulse sequences
signal clustering
signal segmentation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/9/1538
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