RADAR Emitter Classification with Optimal Transport Distances

Abstract

Identifying unknown RADAR emitters from re-ceived pulses is an important problem in electronic intelligence. It is a difficult problem, as agile RADAR emitters can have complex characteristics, and measurements are corrupted by various noises (non-Gaussian noise, missing pulses, etc.). In this paper, we introduce a new classification method based on optimal transport distances between collected RADAR pulses and a priori known emitter classes. Compared to previously proposed methods, this method does not require a training step, it can deal with a large number of classes, and it is easily interpretable. The method is tested on data obtained by a realistic RADAR scene simulator.