Multi component LFM signal detection and parameter estimation based on EEMD–FRFT

This paper studied multi component LFM signal detection and parameter estimation under the noise circumstance of various signal-to-noise ratios. Based on the analysis of fractional Fourier transform detection and parameter estimation on simple component LFM signal, this paper proposed the method of multi component LFM signal detection and parameter estimation based on EEMD–FRFT (Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition–Fractional Fourier transform), and this method was that with the EEMD algorithm, from the frequency domain decompose the analyzable signal to narrow-bandwidth components, whose center frequency changed from high to low, then accurately estimate the parameter and detect the signal of each component out of the pseudo-component with FrFT. This method solved the problem of mode aliasing of signal decomposition; meanwhile, the problem of detecting the multi component LFM signal would be simplified as the problem of one-dimensional search in small scope, which could reduce the amount of operation and improved the detection accuracy. A simulation computation for multi component LFM signal of various SNR (signal-to-noise ratios) was made and the result showed that the error of parameter estimation was less than 5% in the case of SNR not less than −10 dB.