Relationship of target identification performance and waveform parameters

In this paper, we established rigorous relationship between target recognition performance and the parameters of a fixed waveform via Kullback-Leibler information number of single observation (KLINs). The method we proposed takes advantage of the methodology of sequential hypothesis test. It depicts the target recognition efficiency of certain radar waveform parameter in the metric of average number of necessary signal (ANS) transmission. Compared with the traditional simulation methods in literature, it is a more efficient and valuable one to find the optimum values of a certain waveform parameter. Simulation results about the parameters of LFM signal show the validity of the method.