Title :
Performance comparison for constrained radar waveform design
Author :
Frost, Shaun W. ; Rigling, Brian
Author_Institution :
Sensors Directorate, Air Force Res. Labs., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
With more users populating the frequency spectrum and less available contiguous bandwidth, radar and communication waveforms are slowly forced to become more efficient at using their available frequencies. In this paper, unconstrained algorithms for jointly designing complex digital transmit wave forms and receive filters are considered. Varying a convex weight trades performance between signal-to-interference-plus noise ratio (SINR) and sidelobe levels. Through an empirical study, performance for constrained radar waveform design is established for an instantiation of the interference spectrum.
Keywords :
radar interference; radar signal processing; SINR; complex digital transmit waveform; constrained radar waveform design; convex weight trade performance; frequency spectrum; interference spectrum; receive filter; sidelobe level; signal-to-interference-plus noise ratio; Algorithm design and analysis; Gain; Interference; Joints; Optimization; Radar; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (RADAR), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8901-5
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2011.5960633