Comparison between digital Doppler filtering processes applied to radar signals

Two families of Doppler processes based on FFT and FIR filters, respectively, are compared in terms of hardware complexity and performance. It is shown that FIR filter banks are characterized by better performance than FFT filter banks. For the same number of pulses, the FIR processor permits a better clutter rejection and greater bandwidth than the FFT one. Also, an FIR-based bank has a much simpler and more adaptable architecture than an FFT-based bank.