Title :
Real-time radar pulse parameter extractor
Author :
Iglesias, Victor ; Grajal, Jesus ; Yeste-Ojeda, Omar ; Garrido, Mario ; Sanchez, Miguel A. ; Lopez-Vallejo, Marisa
Author_Institution :
GMR-SSR, Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
The estimation of pulsed radar signal parameters is a key task of an electronic intelligence (ELINT) equipment. All these signal parameters are compiled in a pulse description word (PDW). The post-processing of various PDWs from different receivers can provide valuable information about emitters. This paper presents a real-time FPGA implementation of a radar pulse parameter extractor (PPE) which provides the PDW of four simultaneous pulsed radar signals. Experimental results are presented in order to validate the FPGA implementation.
Keywords :
feature extraction; field programmable gate arrays; frequency estimation; radar signal processing; real-time systems; time-of-arrival estimation; ELINT equipment; PDW; PPE; electronic intelligence equipment; post-processing; pulse description word; pulsed radar signal parameters; radar pulse parameter extractor; real-time FPGA implementation; Estimation; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency estimation; MATLAB; Radar tracking; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cincinnati, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2034-1
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2014.6875617
