Phase-coded waveforms and their design: The role of the ambiguity function

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Benedetto, John J ^a   Konstantinidis, Ioannis ^a   Rangaswamy, Muralidhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Discrete Fourier transforms; Doppler radar; Narrowband; Radar; Radar signal processing; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ZINC;

AMBIGUITY FUNCTION; COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; CONSTANT AMPLITUDE; NARROW BANDS; RADAR WAVEFORMS; RANGE RESOLUTION; SHORT DURATION PULSE; WAVEFORM DESIGNS;

RADAR;

EID: 85032751490     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.930416     Document Type: Article

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