The invention discloses a robust
noise floor
estimation method based on a
histogram, and belongs to the field of electronic reconnaissance, and the method comprises the steps: firstly carrying out the preprocessing of a received
radar signal, i.e., A / D sampling and FFT conversion; extracting the FFT data every a plurality of channels, and performing logarithm conversion and
amplitude histogram statistics on the extracted
channel data; then, carrying out smooth filtering
processing to obtain an
amplitude distribution envelope of the extracted channel, searching an envelope extreme point, and determining a
noise floor
estimation value of the extracted channel according to the found local minimum point; and finally, carrying out abnormal value detection, nonlinear conversion and linear interpolation on the
noise floor
estimation values of the extracted channels, and outputting
noise floor estimation results of all channels. The method is insensitive to non-flat noise, missing detection and
false alarm in a complex
electromagnetic environment are effectively reduced, the calculation complexity is optimized while the detection accuracy is ensured, the
data processing pressure of electronic reconnaissance equipment is greatly reduced, and the
target signal detection and tracking efficiency is improved.