Application of QR decomposition-based least squares technique to improve air traffic control radar

For real-time radar processing, it is very desirable to have an algorithm that does not assume restricted statistics of the input data and can be implemented for high-speed processing (without a high cost) to meet real-time requirements. We therefore apply the QR decomposition-based least-squares method for linear prediction to the problem of computing the reflection coefficients of a lattice predictor, instead of using the conventional Burg algorithm. We also propose a modified one-dimensional ring architecture for implementing the QR method of least-squares. The particular application considered in this case is that of surveillance radar systems for air traffic control.<
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