On the merits of using spatial and waveform diversity for target detection in ultra wideband radars

Author

Khan, Hammad A. ; Tarique, Zunnoor ; Edwards, David J. ; Stevens, Christopher J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci., Oxford Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

6-7 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

140

Abstract

This paper presents experimental results of using spatial and waveform diversity schemes applied to ultra wideband (UWB) short-range radars. Spatial diversity provides multiple views of the target, enhancing the content of information received. The use of waveform diversity scheme is compared with spatial diversity by transmitting different UWB signals from different antennas. An experimental and simulation study is presented, which claims a maximum of 13 dB gain in the target signatures with respect to a single bistatic radar. It is also shown that spatial and waveform diversity schemes acting together can possibly lead to further improvement in radar detection capability

Keywords

diversity reception; radar detection; ultra wideband radar; UWB short-range radars; radar detection; single bistatic radar; spatial diversity; target detection; ultra wideband radars; waveform diversity; Bandwidth; Diversity reception; Frequency; MIMO; Magneto electrical resistivity imaging technique; Object detection; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2005. EURAD 2005. European

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-3-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2005.1605583

Filename

1605583