Modified Ambiguity Function and Wigner Distribution Associated With Quadratic-Phase Fourier Transform.

The ambiguity function (AF) and Wigner distribution (WD) play an important role not only in non-stationary signal processing but also in radar and sonar systems. In this paper, we introduce modified ambiguity function and Wigner distribution associated with quadratic-phase Fourier transform (QAF, QWD). Moreover, many various useful properties of QAF and QWD are also proposed. Marginal properties and Moyal’s formulas of these distributions have elegance and simplicity comparable to those of the AF and WD. Besides, convolutions via quadratic-phase Fourier transform are also introduced. Furthermore, convolution theorems for QAF and QWD are also derived, which seem similar to those of the classical Fourier transform (FT). In addition, applications of QAF and QWD are established such as the detection of the parameters of single-component and multi-component linear frequency-modulated (LFM) signals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]