Sparse stepped-frequency waveform design for through-the-wall radar imaging

Principles of Waveform Diversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 922-938

  He, Lin ^a   Kassam, Saleem A ^a   Ahmad, Fauzia ^a   Amin, Moeness G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Array signal processing; Data acquisition time; Image quality; Indoor imaging; Radar imaging; Radar signal processing; Receive beamformer; Sparse multifrequency array; Sparse stepped frequency waveform synthesis design; Tapered uniform random reduced frequency selection schemes; Target cluster; Through the wall radar imaging; Transmit beamformer; Wideband imaging

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PROCESSING; BEAMFORMING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; BEAM FORMERS; INDOOR IMAGING; MULTIFREQUENCY ARRAYS; RECEIVE BEAMFORMER; REDUCED FREQUENCY; STEPPED FREQUENCY WAVEFORMS; THROUGH-THE-WALL RADARS; WIDEBAND IMAGING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 80052477911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1049/SBRA023E_ch60     Document Type: Chapter

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