DocumentCode
2885006
Title
Hitchhiking bistatic radar: principles, processing and experimental findings
Author
Johnsen, T. ; Olsen, K.E.
Author_Institution
Norwegian Defence Res. Establ. (FFI), Kjeller
fYear
2007
fDate
17-20 April 2007
Firstpage
518
Lastpage
523
Abstract
An experimental low cost bistatic hitchhiking radar has been developed at FFI utilizing the transmission of a civilian ATC radar. It uses off-the-shelf components in the receiver to produce close to real time traces of targets of opportunity. The processing enables positioning in 2D with good suppression of nearby clutter by continuously monitoring the clutter variation.
Keywords
air traffic control; radar clutter; radar receivers; radar transmitters; FFI utilization; air traffic control; civilian ATC radar transmission; clutter variation monitoring; hitchhiking bistatic radar; off-the-shelf component; Bistatic radar; Clutter; Ellipsoids; Geometry; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Signal detection; Transmitting antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radar Conference, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
ISSN
1097-5659
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0284-0
Electronic_ISBN
1097-5659
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RADAR.2007.374271
Filename
4250365
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