DocumentCode
978385
Title
Optimum radar signal for detection in clutter [Correspondence]
Author
Kay, Steven
Author_Institution
Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston
Volume
43
Issue
3
fYear
2007
fDate
7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1059
Lastpage
1065
Abstract
It is shown that in order to maximize the detectability of a radar target in clutter whose Doppler is unknown and is uniformly distributed over the Doppler bandwidth a simple CW or narrowband signal is optimal. The optimality criterion is the average deflection coefficient, with the averaging being over target Doppler frequency. Most remarkably the result does not depend on the clutter spectrum but holds for any distribution of clutter energy with frequency.
Keywords
Doppler radar; radar clutter; radar signal processing; Doppler bandwidth; average deflection coefficient; clutter detection; optimum radar signal; target Doppler frequency; Bandwidth; Detectors; Doppler radar; Doppler shift; Frequency; Narrowband; Pulse modulation; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Signal detection;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.2007.4383592
Filename
4383592
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