Waveform diversity in radar signal processing: A focus on the use and control of degrees of freedom

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-41

  Calderbank, Robert ^a   Howard, Stephen D ^b   Moran, Bill ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrays; Radar; Radar antennas; Radar signal processing; Receivers; Time frequency analysis; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SURFACE WAVES; TRANSMITTERS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVES; ARRAY ELEMENTS; ARRAYS; FAR INFRARED; PULSE REPETITION INTERVALS; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM DIVERSITY;

RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 85032751113     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.930414     Document Type: Article

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