Detection of Moving Targets With Continuous-Wave Noise Radar: Theory and Measurements

Author

Malanowski, Mateusz ; Kulpa, Krzysztof

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Syst., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland

Volume

50

Issue

9

fYear

2012

Firstpage

3502

Lastpage

3509

Abstract

This paper investigates a radar using a narrowband continuous noise waveform as an illuminating signal for the detection of moving targets. First, the theory of noise radar is presented, including the properties of the noise waveform and signal model. Next, the signal processing for noise radar is described, consisting of adaptive filtering for clutter removal, calculation of the crossambiguity function, and detection. The presented concept is validated with real-life experiments, during which cars at ranges of hundred of meters and aircraft at ranges of a few kilometers were detected.

Keywords

CW radar; adaptive filters; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; object detection; radar clutter; radar detection; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; adaptive filtering; aircraft; continuous-wave noise radar; crossambiguity function; illuminating signal model; moving target detection; narrowband continuous noise waveform; noise radar signal processing; noise radar theory; noise waveform properties; Clutter; Correlation; Narrowband; Noise; Radar detection; Receivers; Correlation receiver; low probability of intercept (LPI); moving target detection; noise radar; noise radar technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2011.2181521

Filename

6161634