• DocumentCode
    2433516
  • Title

    Detection of ultrawideband pulses in atmospheric turbulence and Gaussian noise

  • Author

    McMillan, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    US Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    8-13 Aug. 2010
  • Firstpage
    193
  • Lastpage
    194
  • Abstract
    Scintillation of electromagnetic energy traversing the atmosphere is caused by refractive index inhomogeneities in the transmission path that cause phase shifts, giving rise to selective reinforcement or degradation of the energy across the beam. It is the object of this paper to determine the detection probability and false alarm rate for pulses of electromagnetic energy of varying width in the presence of atmospheric turbulence and Gaussian noise.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian noise; atmospheric turbulence; electromagnetic waves; probability; refractive index; Gaussian noise; atmospheric turbulence; detection probability; electromagnetic energy scintillation; false alarm rate; phase shift; refractive index inhomogeneity; ultrawideband pulse detection; Beams; Electromagnetics; Gaussian noise; Optimized production technology; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Ultra wideband technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Waveform Diversity and Design Conference (WDD), 2010 International
  • Conference_Location
    Niagara Falls, ON
  • ISSN
    2150-4652
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8202-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WDD.2010.5592517
  • Filename
    5592517