Optimal waveform design for improved indoor target detection in sensing through-the-wall applications

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2930-2941

  Estephan, Habib ^a,b   Amin, Moeness G ^c   Yemelyanov, Konstantin M ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational electromagnetics; Target detection and discrimination; Through wall imaging; Waveform design

Indexed keywords

ASPECT ANGLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; FREE SPACE; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; RADAR EMISSIONS; RECEIVER PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE AND NOISE RATIOS; STATIONARY TARGETS; TARGET DETECTION; TARGET IMPULSE RESPONSE; TARGET ORIENTATION; THROUGH-WALL IMAGING; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM DESIGN; WAVEFORM DESIGNS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; IMPULSE RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; RETAINING WALLS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TARGET DRONES; TARGETS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953869338     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2042298     Document Type: Article

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