Abstract
High Resolution Range Profiles (HRRP) have become a key area of focus in
the domain of Radar Automatic Target Recognition (RATR). Despite the
success of deep learning based HRRP recognition, these methods needs a
large amount of training samples to generate good performance, which
could be a severe challenge under non-cooperative circumstances.
Currently, deep learning based models treat HRRP as sequences, which may
lead to ignorance of the internal relationship of range cells. This
letter introduces HRRPGraphNet, whose pivotal innovation is the
transformation of HRRP data into a novel graph structure, utilizing a
range cell amplitude-based node vector and a range-relative adjacency
matrix. This graph-based approach facilitates both local feature
extraction via one-dimensional convolution layers, global feature
extraction through a graph convolution layer and a attention module.
Experiments on the aircraft electromagnetic simulation dataset confirmed
HRRPGraphNet’s superior accuracy and robustness, particularly in limited
training sample environments, underscoring the potential of graph-driven
innovations in HRRP-based RATR. Codes are available at:
https://github.com/MountainChenCad/HRRPGraphNet.