Open AccessFirst experimental results on the feasibility of noise radar systems on fast moving platforms
Author(s) -
Wasserzier C.,
Galati G.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2018.7511
Subject(s) - radar , computer science , noise (video) , radar lock on , doppler radar , radar engineering details , doppler effect , continuous wave radar , waveform , radar tracker , 3d radar , compensation (psychology) , real time computing , pulse doppler radar , radar imaging , computer vision , telecommunications , physics , psychology , astronomy , psychoanalysis , image (mathematics)
Forward‐looking radars are essential sensors for many fast moving platforms such as fighter aircraft and missiles. Despite its multiple benefits, noise radar has not yet been used for this task because of the low Doppler tolerance of its waveform and the associated need for computational intense Doppler compensation. This Letter presents the very first experimental results of a continuous‐emission noise radar whose antennas are oriented along the direction of proper motion of a car operating as a radar platform at a significant speed. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no experiments of this kind have been published to date. Very likely, the results presented here are the first ones showing moving target detection by a noise radar on a fast moving platform.