Simulation model for wide-area multi-service passive radar coverage predictions

Author

Barott, William C. ; Himed, Braham

Author_Institution

Electr., Comput., Software & Syst. Eng, Embry-Riddle Aeronaut. Univ., Daytona Beach, FL, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

April 29 2013-May 3 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper describes the simulation approach and model for a software tool used to analyze passive radar scenarios. A database of known transmitters includes more than 250,000 sources from FM radio, digital television, cellular, and aeronautical radio-navigation aids. Terrain is considered using digital elevation maps and the Irregular Terrain Model. The tool calculates the expected detection and localization performance for PBR receivers, and can be used to guide receiver design.

Keywords

cartography; digital elevation models; geophysical equipment; passive radar; radar computing; radar transmitters; software tools; FM radio; PBR receivers; aeronautical radio-navigation aids; cellular; digital elevation maps; digital television; irregular terrain model; passive bistatic radar; simulation model; software tool; wide-area multiservice passive radar coverage predictions; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Databases; FCC; Radio transmitters; Receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (RADAR), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

ISSN

1097-5659

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5792-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2013.6586131

Filename

6586131