Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110485
Mingcheng Fu , Zhi Zheng , Ping Li , Wen-Qin Wang
In this article, we develop an efficient approach for two-dimensional (2-D) direction-of-arrival (DOA) and polarization estimation using the cylindrical coprime conformal array. Firstly, we derive the tensor-form coarray output of the cylindrical coprime conformal array and apply virtual array interpolation on the coarray output components. Subsequently, we construct a fourth-order cross-covariance tensor using the interpolated array outputs and recover a low-rank fourth-order augmented tensor by formulating a nuclear norm minimization problem. Using the reconstructed augmented tensor, we estimate the elevation and azimuth angles of sources separately through one-dimensional searching. With the estimated 2-D DOAs, we finally derive the closed-form expressions for the polarization parameter estimates. Compared with the previous techniques, the proposed algorithm can identify more sources and provide offer higher parameter estimation accuracy. Simulation results demonstrate the advantage of our algorithm over several existing techniques.
{"title":"2-D DOA and polarization estimation using cylindrical coprime conformal array via cross-covariance tensor reconstruction","authors":"Mingcheng Fu , Zhi Zheng , Ping Li , Wen-Qin Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, we develop an efficient approach for two-dimensional (2-D) direction-of-arrival (DOA) and polarization estimation using the cylindrical coprime conformal array. Firstly, we derive the tensor-form coarray output of the cylindrical coprime conformal array and apply virtual array interpolation on the coarray output components. Subsequently, we construct a fourth-order cross-covariance tensor using the interpolated array outputs and recover a low-rank fourth-order augmented tensor by formulating a nuclear norm minimization problem. Using the reconstructed augmented tensor, we estimate the elevation and azimuth angles of sources separately through one-dimensional searching. With the estimated 2-D DOAs, we finally derive the closed-form expressions for the polarization parameter estimates. Compared with the previous techniques, the proposed algorithm can identify more sources and provide offer higher parameter estimation accuracy. Simulation results demonstrate the advantage of our algorithm over several existing techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110485"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110498
Fanglong Wu , Min Yang , Peng Cheng , Zhisheng You
Label noise poses a significant challenge in supervised learning tasks such as image classification and face recognition, often steering models away from their optimal learning trajectory. To reduce the adverse impact of noisy annotations while effectively leveraging available training data, we propose a robust learning framework that exploits logit space distributions for noise identification, ranking-guided relabeling of closed-set noise, and noise-aware optimization. The key insight behind our approach is that clean non-target samples and noisy target-class samples that have not yet been memorized by the network tend to exhibit similar logit distribution patterns. Based on this observation, we design adaptive, class-specific decision boundaries for blind noise detection. For closed-set noise, we compute the margin between the top two logits from non-target classes as a confidence score and incorporate historical ranking statistics. A pseudo-label is assigned when either the logit margin or the historical average rank of the top-1 class satisfies predefined criteria. Finally, clean and relabeled samples are trained with different regularization strengths to improve robustness. Extensive experiments on three synthetic and four real-world noisy datasets, covering image classification and face recognition tasks, demonstrate the effectiveness and generality of the proposed method.
{"title":"Robust learning under label noise via logit-based filtering and ranking-aware relabeling","authors":"Fanglong Wu , Min Yang , Peng Cheng , Zhisheng You","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110498","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110498","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Label noise poses a significant challenge in supervised learning tasks such as image classification and face recognition, often steering models away from their optimal learning trajectory. To reduce the adverse impact of noisy annotations while effectively leveraging available training data, we propose a robust learning framework that exploits logit space distributions for noise identification, ranking-guided relabeling of closed-set noise, and noise-aware optimization. The key insight behind our approach is that clean non-target samples and noisy target-class samples that have not yet been memorized by the network tend to exhibit similar logit distribution patterns. Based on this observation, we design adaptive, class-specific decision boundaries for blind noise detection. For closed-set noise, we compute the margin between the top two logits from non-target classes as a confidence score and incorporate historical ranking statistics. A pseudo-label is assigned when either the logit margin or the historical average rank of the top-1 class satisfies predefined criteria. Finally, clean and relabeled samples are trained with different regularization strengths to improve robustness. Extensive experiments on three synthetic and four real-world noisy datasets, covering image classification and face recognition tasks, demonstrate the effectiveness and generality of the proposed method.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110498"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110494
Donghao Lv , Tianshun Li , Peihong Yang , Chao Zhang , Jianjun Li
Total variation denoising has been extensively used in the restoration of piecewise constant signals, which are highly valued in numerous practical applications. However, existing approaches often struggle with the choice of regularization parameter, potentially leading to suboptimal denoising performance. To address this issue, this paper presents an adaptive regularization parameter adjustment mechanism and incorporates it with total variation denoising algorithm. An optimization strategy based on the solution of differential equation is designed to determine the regularization parameter, enabling it to converge toward an optimal value automatically. This strategy is then integrated into the total variation denoising framework to dynamically adjust the regularization parameter during the denoising process. Simulations and experimental results confirm that the proposed method significantly enhances the denoising efficiency for piecewise constant signals.
{"title":"Adaptive regularization parameter adjustment for total variation denoising","authors":"Donghao Lv , Tianshun Li , Peihong Yang , Chao Zhang , Jianjun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110494","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Total variation denoising has been extensively used in the restoration of piecewise constant signals, which are highly valued in numerous practical applications. However, existing approaches often struggle with the choice of regularization parameter, potentially leading to suboptimal denoising performance. To address this issue, this paper presents an adaptive regularization parameter adjustment mechanism and incorporates it with total variation denoising algorithm. An optimization strategy based on the solution of differential equation is designed to determine the regularization parameter, enabling it to converge toward an optimal value automatically. This strategy is then integrated into the total variation denoising framework to dynamically adjust the regularization parameter during the denoising process. Simulations and experimental results confirm that the proposed method significantly enhances the denoising efficiency for piecewise constant signals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110494"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110496
Ruijie Zhao , Chunlu Lai
The optimal designs of allpass variable fractional delay (VFD) filters based on phase response approximation are investigated. The weighted least squares (WLS) design that allows for arbitrary nonnegative weighting functions is formulated in matrix form, and the optimality condition is then derived as a matrix equation. Two efficient algorithms that are derived from the conjugate gradient (CG) technique are proposed to solve the WLS problem. Subsequently, an iterative reweighted least squares (IRLS) algorithm is developed for the minimax design problem, which converts the original problem into a series of WLS subproblems and solves them successively using the proposed WLS algorithms. A transformation method using Chebyshev polynomials is presented to circumvent numerical problems in calculation. The filter coefficients are arranged as matrices, achieving significant computation and memory space savings. The associated computational complexity is evaluated. Moreover, by introducing a delay shift parameter in the desired response, design accuracy can be improved significantly. The stability of allpass VFD filters is analyzed, and stability conditions based on the delay shift parameter and phase error are established. Comparisons with existing methods are provided to show the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.
{"title":"Optimal design of stable allpass variable fractional delay filters using matrix-based algorithms","authors":"Ruijie Zhao , Chunlu Lai","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110496","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110496","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The optimal designs of allpass variable fractional delay (VFD) filters based on phase response approximation are investigated. The weighted least squares (WLS) design that allows for arbitrary nonnegative weighting functions is formulated in matrix form, and the optimality condition is then derived as a matrix equation. Two efficient algorithms that are derived from the conjugate gradient (CG) technique are proposed to solve the WLS problem. Subsequently, an iterative reweighted least squares (IRLS) algorithm is developed for the minimax design problem, which converts the original problem into a series of WLS subproblems and solves them successively using the proposed WLS algorithms. A transformation method using Chebyshev polynomials is presented to circumvent numerical problems in calculation. The filter coefficients are arranged as matrices, achieving significant computation and memory space savings. The associated computational complexity is evaluated. Moreover, by introducing a delay shift parameter in the desired response, design accuracy can be improved significantly. The stability of allpass VFD filters is analyzed, and stability conditions based on the delay shift parameter and phase error are established. Comparisons with existing methods are provided to show the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110496"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110497
Bingyi Ren , Tianyi Jia , Hongwei Liu , Chang Gao , Hongtao Su , Chunlei Zhao
The spatial bias of sensor in the process of target tracking and the temporal bias between the time axis of each sensor and the absolute time axis, if not accounted for, can seriously affect the positioning accuracy. Meanwhile, the sensor position reported by Global Positioning System (GPS) is not accurate. In this paper, the problem of angles-only target motion analysis (TMA) by asynchronous sensors is studied in the presence of spatiotemporal bias and sensor position error. A new target tracking method is proposed by taking the target state, spatiotemporal bias and sensor position as the augmented state vector. Using the filter concept and the minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion for real-time processing, the augmented state vector can be estimated simultaneously. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed algorithm for target position estimation, and verify the effectiveness of the proposed in achieving the Posterior Cramér-Rao lower bound (PCRLB) performance under the distance-dependent measurement noise.
{"title":"3D angles-only target tracking in the presence of spatiotemporal bias and sensor position error","authors":"Bingyi Ren , Tianyi Jia , Hongwei Liu , Chang Gao , Hongtao Su , Chunlei Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110497","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110497","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The spatial bias of sensor in the process of target tracking and the temporal bias between the time axis of each sensor and the absolute time axis, if not accounted for, can seriously affect the positioning accuracy. Meanwhile, the sensor position reported by Global Positioning System (GPS) is not accurate. In this paper, the problem of angles-only target motion analysis (TMA) by asynchronous sensors is studied in the presence of spatiotemporal bias and sensor position error. A new target tracking method is proposed by taking the target state, spatiotemporal bias and sensor position as the augmented state vector. Using the filter concept and the minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion for real-time processing, the augmented state vector can be estimated simultaneously. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed algorithm for target position estimation, and verify the effectiveness of the proposed in achieving the Posterior Cramér-Rao lower bound (PCRLB) performance under the distance-dependent measurement noise.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110497"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110492
Jinli Chen , Yang Song , Hua Shao , Jiaqiang Li
Conventional angle estimation methods are highly sensitive to outliers, causing severe performance degradation under impulsive noise. Although existing tensor-based Bayesian approaches can alleviate the impact of outliers, strongly impulsive noise in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar often leads to outlier model mismatch, reducing robustness against outliers. To address this, we propose a fast Bayesian method for angle estimation under impulsive noise, which exploits the tensor intra-dimension correlations and incorporates the Vandermonde structure of factor matrices within a Bayesian tensor decomposition framework. Strong outliers in the array measurements are first removed via thresholding to mitigate model mismatch. A hierarchical probabilistic model based on canonical polyadic (CP) decomposition is then developed to capture the correlation structure and the Vandermonde structural prior. Model parameters are efficiently inferred via an expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm, which recovers missing entries caused by thresholding and suppresses residual outliers. Furthermore, a complexity-reduction method is developed to accelerate computation by employing a snapshot-wise stackable strategy and leveraging the sparsity of thresholded entries, enabling efficient estimation of factor matrices across multiple snapshots. Finally, DOAs and DODs are jointly estimated from the decomposed factor matrices. Simulations verify the outlier-robust performance of the proposed method in providing high-accuracy angle estimation under impulsive noise.
{"title":"Robust angle estimation in MIMO radar under impulsive noise via fast bayesian tensor decomposition with intra-dimension correlation","authors":"Jinli Chen , Yang Song , Hua Shao , Jiaqiang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110492","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110492","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conventional angle estimation methods are highly sensitive to outliers, causing severe performance degradation under impulsive noise. Although existing tensor-based Bayesian approaches can alleviate the impact of outliers, strongly impulsive noise in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar often leads to outlier model mismatch, reducing robustness against outliers. To address this, we propose a fast Bayesian method for angle estimation under impulsive noise, which exploits the tensor intra-dimension correlations and incorporates the Vandermonde structure of factor matrices within a Bayesian tensor decomposition framework. Strong outliers in the array measurements are first removed via thresholding to mitigate model mismatch. A hierarchical probabilistic model based on canonical polyadic (CP) decomposition is then developed to capture the correlation structure and the Vandermonde structural prior. Model parameters are efficiently inferred via an expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm, which recovers missing entries caused by thresholding and suppresses residual outliers. Furthermore, a complexity-reduction method is developed to accelerate computation by employing a snapshot-wise stackable strategy and leveraging the sparsity of thresholded entries, enabling efficient estimation of factor matrices across multiple snapshots. Finally, DOAs and DODs are jointly estimated from the decomposed factor matrices. Simulations verify the outlier-robust performance of the proposed method in providing high-accuracy angle estimation under impulsive noise.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110492"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Although existing diffusion-based methods produce visually rich textures at extremely low bitrates, they often sacrifice structural fidelity, resulting in significant deviations from the original image. To address this fundamental trade-off, we propose Fidelity-Perception Diffusion-based Image Compression (FPD-IC), a two-stage conditional diffusion framework that explicitly separates structure reconstruction and detail restoration. In Stage I, we use a VAE-based compressor to recover structurally faithful conditional images from highly compact bitstreams. In Stage II, a diffusion model, guided by the output from Stage I, generates visually rich details. This conditional approach allows the diffusion model to focus exclusively on perceptual enhancement while preserving the overall structure established in Stage I. Additionally, we introduce a lightweight Fidelity-Perception Tuner Module (FPTM) to combine the outputs of both stages, enabling controllable trade-offs between fidelity and perceptual quality. Extensive experiments on the Kodak and Tecnick datasets demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of FPD-IC. On the Tecnick dataset, FPD-IC outperforms state-of-the-art diffusion-based methods by 2.24–3.57 dB in PSNR at bitrates below 0.06 bpp, while also achieving superior perceptual quality. Furthermore, FPD-IC shows strong robustness to input noise, consistently maintaining high fidelity and perceptual quality under Gaussian perturbations. The code will be released at https://github.com/mlkk518/FPD-IC.
{"title":"From structure to detail: A conditional diffusion framework for extremely low-bitrate image compression","authors":"Junhui Li, Yiyang Zou, Xingsong Hou, Yutao Zhang, Zhixuan Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although existing diffusion-based methods produce visually rich textures at extremely low bitrates, they often sacrifice structural fidelity, resulting in significant deviations from the original image. To address this fundamental trade-off, we propose Fidelity-Perception Diffusion-based Image Compression (FPD-IC), a two-stage conditional diffusion framework that explicitly separates structure reconstruction and detail restoration. In Stage I, we use a VAE-based compressor to recover structurally faithful conditional images from highly compact bitstreams. In Stage II, a diffusion model, guided by the output from Stage I, generates visually rich details. This conditional approach allows the diffusion model to focus exclusively on perceptual enhancement while preserving the overall structure established in Stage I. Additionally, we introduce a lightweight Fidelity-Perception Tuner Module (FPTM) to combine the outputs of both stages, enabling controllable trade-offs between fidelity and perceptual quality. Extensive experiments on the Kodak and Tecnick datasets demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of FPD-IC. On the Tecnick dataset, FPD-IC outperforms state-of-the-art diffusion-based methods by 2.24–3.57 dB in PSNR at bitrates below 0.06 bpp, while also achieving superior perceptual quality. Furthermore, FPD-IC shows strong robustness to input noise, consistently maintaining high fidelity and perceptual quality under Gaussian perturbations. The code will be released at <span><span>https://github.com/mlkk518/FPD-IC</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110480"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110493
Haixin Jia , Han Wang , Yu Zhang , Guoying Zhang , Zhengfan Li , Hengchen Xu
Atmospheric haze degrades image quality, impairing downstream vision tasks like object detection and segmentation. While wavelet-based deep learning methods are effective by leveraging lossless downsampling and spectral discrepancies, they often suffer from limited multi-scale feature extraction, inadequate frequency-domain enhancement, and a lack of structural priors. To overcome these issues, we propose MWNet, a novel framework integrating structural constraints into a U-Net with wavelet transforms. Our approach introduces dense multi-scale blocks for robust feature extraction, a hierarchical attention mechanism for high-frequency detail enhancement, and a cross-enhancement module for frequency feature interaction. Extensive experiments conducted on four benchmark datasets (SOTS-Indoor, Haze4K, Dense-Haze, NH-Haze) have demonstrated consistent superiority, with MWNet achieving SOTA in quantitative results compared to existing advanced methods (Surpassing the second-best method with average improvements of 0.16 dB in PSNR and 0.0026 in SSIM.), while qualitative results demonstrate enhanced detail preservation and noise suppression. In addition, we conducted generalization tests on three other datasets (RTTS, REAL-NH, CM-Haze), fully verifying the good generalization performance of MWNet.
{"title":"MWNet: Image dehazing network based on multi-scale feature extraction and wavelet feature enhancement","authors":"Haixin Jia , Han Wang , Yu Zhang , Guoying Zhang , Zhengfan Li , Hengchen Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Atmospheric haze degrades image quality, impairing downstream vision tasks like object detection and segmentation. While wavelet-based deep learning methods are effective by leveraging lossless downsampling and spectral discrepancies, they often suffer from limited multi-scale feature extraction, inadequate frequency-domain enhancement, and a lack of structural priors. To overcome these issues, we propose MWNet, a novel framework integrating structural constraints into a U-Net with wavelet transforms. Our approach introduces dense multi-scale blocks for robust feature extraction, a hierarchical attention mechanism for high-frequency detail enhancement, and a cross-enhancement module for frequency feature interaction. Extensive experiments conducted on four benchmark datasets (SOTS-Indoor, Haze4K, Dense-Haze, NH-Haze) have demonstrated consistent superiority, with MWNet achieving SOTA in quantitative results compared to existing advanced methods (Surpassing the second-best method with average improvements of 0.16 dB in PSNR and 0.0026 in SSIM.), while qualitative results demonstrate enhanced detail preservation and noise suppression. In addition, we conducted generalization tests on three other datasets (RTTS, REAL-NH, CM-Haze), fully verifying the good generalization performance of MWNet.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110493"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110495
Boyang Jia , Jianwei Zhao , Yaxing Yue , Xuepan Zhang , Jiayi Zhao , Sining Liu , Guisheng Liao
We propose a Weighted Coherent Integration (WCI) algorithm for weak target detection. This method aims to achieve maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gain by coherently accumulating echoes from active and passive radars. Two key challenges about range-Doppler misalignment and inter-channel differences are addressed by a two-stage framework. First, spatial alignment is achieved by partitioning the surveillance area, and Doppler resolutions are unified via adaptive integration time. Target fluctuations and phase errors between channels are then mitigated via inter-channel coherent integration with phase compensation. Simulation results validate that WCI outperforms conventional monostatic and multistatic non-coherent fusion methods, achieving superior detection capability in both low-SNR and multi-target scenarios.
{"title":"A weighted coherent integration method for weak target detection based on active-passive radar","authors":"Boyang Jia , Jianwei Zhao , Yaxing Yue , Xuepan Zhang , Jiayi Zhao , Sining Liu , Guisheng Liao","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2026.110495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We propose a Weighted Coherent Integration (WCI) algorithm for weak target detection. This method aims to achieve maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gain by coherently accumulating echoes from active and passive radars. Two key challenges about range-Doppler misalignment and inter-channel differences are addressed by a two-stage framework. First, spatial alignment is achieved by partitioning the surveillance area, and Doppler resolutions are unified via adaptive integration time. Target fluctuations and phase errors between channels are then mitigated via inter-channel coherent integration with phase compensation. Simulation results validate that WCI outperforms conventional monostatic and multistatic non-coherent fusion methods, achieving superior detection capability in both low-SNR and multi-target scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110495"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145927620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-05DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110481
Yanbin Zou , Xiaofei Li , Shiru Chen , Yihan Wang , Yimao Sun
This paper addresses the problem of hybrid angle-of-arrival (AOA) and time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) localization in the presence of sensor position errors. Existing weighted least-squares (WLS) estimators for this scenario often exhibit suboptimal performance because the linearization of TDOA measurements introduces a detrimental cross-coupling between AOA and TDOA noise. To overcome this limitation, a novel WLS estimator is proposed that fundamentally decouples these heterogeneous noise sources through a new linearization procedure for the TDOA equations that is independent of AOA measurements. The proposed estimator is formulated as a WLS problem with a single quadratic constraint, which admits an efficient algebraic solution. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly outperforms existing WLS methods, with its estimation accuracy closely approaching the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB).
{"title":"A noise-decoupled WLS solution for hybrid AOA-TDOA localization in the presence of sensor position errors","authors":"Yanbin Zou , Xiaofei Li , Shiru Chen , Yihan Wang , Yimao Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110481","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper addresses the problem of hybrid angle-of-arrival (AOA) and time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) localization in the presence of sensor position errors. Existing weighted least-squares (WLS) estimators for this scenario often exhibit suboptimal performance because the linearization of TDOA measurements introduces a detrimental cross-coupling between AOA and TDOA noise. To overcome this limitation, a novel WLS estimator is proposed that fundamentally decouples these heterogeneous noise sources through a new linearization procedure for the TDOA equations that is independent of AOA measurements. The proposed estimator is formulated as a WLS problem with a single quadratic constraint, which admits an efficient algebraic solution. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly outperforms existing WLS methods, with its estimation accuracy closely approaching the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49523,"journal":{"name":"Signal Processing","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 110481"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145927502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}