Moving target detection performance potential of UWB radars

Lujing Cai; Hong Wang; Cliff Tsao

doi:10.1117/12.145513

28 May 1993 Moving target detection performance potential of UWB radars

Lujing Cai, Hong Wang, Cliff Tsao

Proceedings Volume 1875, Ultrahigh Resolution Radar; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.145513
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper systematically evaluates the performance potential of ultra-wideband (UWB) radar systems for Moving Target Detection (MTD) in strong clutter. Based on a general data model for UWB multiple phase waveforms, we first derive the waveform-based optimum UWB processor which represents the maximum achievable performance of UWB systems. The UWB gains/losses are individually identified by careful performance comparisons with narrowband systems. Our study results show that UWB systems potentially have a significant MTD performance gain, in addition to the well-known clutter and fluctuation reduction. This additional gain indicates that the subclutter visibility performance of UWB surveillance systems is severely underestimate in the existing literature.

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Lujing Cai, Hong Wang, and Cliff Tsao "Moving target detection performance potential of UWB radars", Proc. SPIE 1875, Ultrahigh Resolution Radar, (28 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.145513

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