This application belongs to the field of
radar reconnaissance technology and provides a single-source
radiation determination method based on
temporal information entropy. It first calculates the
Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) of all adjacent pulses, then sets a clustering threshold and a first-class cluster center, and uses a clustering
algorithm to obtain multiple clusters based on the TDOA. Next, it reduces the number of clusters and removes invalid elements by merging and removing
harmonics. The distribution probability of each TDOA is calculated based on the number of indices in the merged clusters after
harmonic removal. The
temporal information entropy is calculated based on the distribution probability of each TDOA. A set information entropy
discrimination threshold is set; if the
temporal information entropy does not exceed the threshold, the pre-sorted
signal is considered to be composed of a single
radiation source; otherwise, it is composed of multiple
radiation sources. This method can accurately determine the composition of radiation source signals in the
radar pre-sorting clustering results, avoiding further PRI main sorting
processing of single-source signals and reducing redundant sorting calculations.