Power transmission line detection using an azimuth angular profile matching scheme

Author

Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki ; Kajiwara, Akihiro ; Hayashi, Shogo

Author_Institution

Tokyo Univ. of Mercantile Marine, Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

787

Lastpage

792

Abstract

This paper presents high-voltage power transmission line detection with millimeter-wave (MMW) radar for the purpose of helicopter collision avoidance. In order to improve the detection, an azimuth angular profile matching (APM) scheme of the power transmission line based on the Bragg scattering phenomenon is suggested. For the evaluation of detection, we carried out a Monte Carlo simulation both at 94 GHz and 35 GHz, where a white Gaussian noise is considered as an additive noise. The results show that the detection probability with the APM at 94 GHz is much higher than that at 35 GHz and the detection performance is much improved by employing the APM

Keywords

AWGN; electromagnetic wave scattering; helicopters; power cables; probability; radar detection; radar theory; 35 GHz; 94 GHz; Bragg scattering; MMW radar; Monte Carlo simulation; additive noise; azimuth angular profile matching; detection probability; helicopter collision avoidance; high-voltage power transmission line; millimeter-wave radar; performance; power transmission line detection; white Gaussian noise; Azimuth; Helicopters; Laser radar; Millimeter wave radar; Optical scattering; Power transmission lines; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2000. The Record of the IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5776-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2000.851935

Filename

851935