Computation of the normalized detection threshold for the FFT filter bank-based summation CFAR detector

Journal of Computers (Finland)

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 35-48

  Wang, Sichun ^a   Patenaude, François ^b   Inkol, Robert ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection; Detection and estimation; Digital FFT filter bank

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; ERRORS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FILTER BANKS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; METADATA; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE DETECTIONS; DETECTION AND ESTIMATION; FFT FILTER BANK; NORMALIZED DETECTION THRESHOLD; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARM; SIGNAL POWER ESTIMATIONS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 51349101398     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.2.6.35-48     Document Type: Article

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