Sense through the wall system development and design considerations

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 345, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-591

  Farwell, Mark ^a   Ross, Jennifer ^a   Luttrell, Richard ^a   Cohen, Douglas ^a   Chin, Wilbur ^a   Dogaru, Traian ^b  

^a US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross range resolution; Distributed sensors; Down range resolution; Imaging; Radar; Radar cross section; Sense through the wall; Situational awareness; Standoff range; Synthetic aperture; Wall attenuation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PAPER; RESEARCH; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (ARL); COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DESIGN CHALLENGES; INFORMATION WARFARE (IW); LESSONS LEARNED (LL); MILITARY OPERATIONS IN URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT); PHASE I; PHASE II; SEARCH-AND-RESCUE APPLICATIONS; SENSE THROUGH THE WALL (STTW); SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (SA); STAND-OFF DISTANCES; SYSTEM DESIGNS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN (SDD); TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR (TD); US ARMY (CO); WALL TYPES;

TECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PAPER; R AND D; SIMULATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WALLS;

EID: 45849154185     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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