Signal Processing In Noise Waveform Radar

This book is devoted to the emerging technology of noise waveform radar and its signal processing aspects. It is a new kind of radar, which use noise-like waveform to illuminate the target. The book includes an introduction to basic radar theory, starting from classical pulse radar, signal compression, and wave radar. The book then discusses the properties, difficulties and potential of noise radar systems, primarily for low-power and short-range civil applications. The contribution of modern signal processing techniques to making noise radar practical are emphasized, and application examples are given.

Radar is a technology used in several facets of modern life, with many different civilian and military applications. Although radars have been around since 1904, much work is still spent today designing, building, testing, and implementing new radars and developing new and more powerful radar signal processing techniques. Radar signal processing is still a very active area of research. Nowadays, there has been substantial interest in noise radar over a wide range of applications, such as through wall surveillance, detection, tracking, Doppler estimation, polarimetry, interferometry, ground-penetrating or subsurface profiling, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging, foliage penetration imaging, etc. One of the major advantages of the noise radar is its essential immunity from congestion, detection, and external interference. Signal Processing in Noise Waveform Radar brings together comprehensive studies dealing with the emerging technology of noise waveform radar and its signal processing aspects. It discusses the properties, difficulties and potential of noise radar systems, primarily for low-power and short-range civil applications. The contributions of modern signal processing techniques to making noise radar practical are emphasized, and application examples are given. This book covers a diversity of categories in radar signal processing, including radar optimization and system design valuable for both practicing engineers and engineering students.

Radar Signals: An Introduction to Theory and Application introduces the reader to the basic theory and application of radar signals that are designated as large time-bandwidth or pulse-compression waveforms. Topics covered include matched filtering and pulse compression; optimum predetection processing; the radar ambiguity function; and the linear frequency modulation waveform and matched filter. Parameter estimation and discrete coded waveforms are also discussed, along with the effects of distortion on matched-filter signals. This book is comprised of 14 chapters and begins with an overview of the concepts and techniques of pulse compression matched filtering, with emphasis on coding source and decoding device. The discussion then turns to the derivation of the matched-filter properties in order to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio; analysis of radar ambiguity function using the principle of stationary phase; parameter estimation and the method of maximum likelihood; and measurement accuracies of matched-filter radar signals. Waveform design criteria for multiple and dense target environments are also considered. The final chapter describes a number of techniques for designing microwave dispersive delays. This monograph will be a useful resource for graduate students and practicing engineers in the field of radar system engineering.

Radar has been an important topic since its introduction, in a military context, during World War II. Due to advances in technology, it has been necessary to refine the algorithms employed within the signal processing architecture. Hence, this book provides a series of chapters examining some topics in modern radar signal processing. These include synthetic aperture radar, multiple-input multiple-output radar, as well as a series of chapters examining other key issues relevant to the central theme of the book.

Offering radar-related software for the analysis and design of radar waveform and signal processing, Radar Signal Analysis and Processing Using MATLAB provides a comprehensive source of theoretical and practical information on radar signals, signal analysis, and radar signal processing with companion MATLAB code. Aft

This new handbook on radar signal analysis adopts a deliberate and systematic approach. It uses a clear and consistent level of delivery while maintaining strong and easy-to-follow mathematical details. The emphasis of this book is on radar signal types and their relevant signal processing and not on radar systems hardware or components. This handbook serves as a valuable reference to a wide range of audience. More specifically, college-level students, practicing radar engineers, as well as casual readers of the subject are the intended target audience of the first few chapters of this book. As the book chapters progress, these grow in complexity and specificity. Accordingly, later chapters are intended for practicing engineers, graduate college students, and advanced readers. Finally, the last few chapters contain several special topics on radar systems that are both educational and scientifically entertaining to all readers. The presentation of topics in this handbook takes the reader on a scientific journey whose major landmarks comprise the different radar subsystems and components. In this context, the chapters follow the radar signal along this journey from its birth to the end of its life. Along the way, the different relevant radar subsystems are analyzed and discussed in great detail. The chapter contributors of this new handbook comprise experienced academia members and practicing radar engineers. Their combined years of academic and real-world experiences are in excess of 175. Together, they bring a unique, easy-to-follow mix of mathematical and practical presentations of the topics discussed in this book. See the "Chapter Contributors" section to learn more about these individuals.

* Paperback reprint of one of the most respected classics in the history of engineering publication * Together with the reprint of Part I and the new Part IV, this will be the most complete treatment of the subject available * Provides a highly-readable discussion of Signal Processing and Noise * Features numerous problems and illustrations to help promote understanding of the topics * Contents are highly applicable to current systems