Angle-of-Arrival Estimation Using Radar Interferometry: Methods and applications

by Jeff Holder

Overview

Radar interferometers provide a cost-effective radar architecture to achieve enhanced angle accuracy for enhanced target tracking. The objective of this book is to quantify interferometer angle estimation accuracy by developing a general understanding of various radar interferometer architectures and presenting a comprehensive understanding of the effects of radar-based measurement errors on angle-of-arrival estimation. As such this book is primarily directed toward tracking radars but will also discuss imaging applications as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613531846
Publisher:	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Publication date:	12/20/2013
Series:	Radar, Sonar and Navigation
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. E. Jeff Holder is a Senior Member of IEEE and is currently the President of Propagation Research Associates, Inc. (PRA), a small business founded to develop innovative radar technology. He previously served as a Principle Research Scientist and Chief Scientist in the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was also an adjunct Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. At GTRI he supported several Government programs that involved interferometer radar development. He received the B.A. degree in mathematics from Florida State Universityin1969, and the M.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics from Duke Universityin 1978 and 1980.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Applications of RF Interferometry
• Chapter 2: Probability Theory
• Chapter 3: Radar Fundamentals
• Chapter 4: Radar Angle-of-Arrival Estimation
• Chapter 5: Radar Waveforms
• Chapter 6: The Radar Interferometer
• Chapter 7: Interferometer Signal Processing
• Chapter 8: Sparsely Populated Antenna Arrays
• Chapter 9: Interferometer Angle-of-Arrival Error Effects
• Chapter 10: Tropospheric Effects on Angle-of-Arrival
• Appendix A: Discrete Fourier Transform
• Appendix B: The Matched Filter
• Appendix C: The Principle of Stationary Phase
• Appendix D: The Fundamental Theory of Binary Code
• Appendix E: Theoretical Development of Kasami Codes
• Appendix F: Relationship of the Continuous Power Spectrum and Discrete Variance
• Appendix G: Time-of-Arrival CRLB (Alternative Approach)
• Appendix H: Two-Dimensional Trilateration Using CPT and RGS Ranging Methods - MATLAB® Code
• Appendix I: Angle-of-Arrival Determination Using a Rotated Antenna Configuration
• Appendix J: First- and Second-Order Interferometer Angle Measurements - MATLAB® Code
• Appendix K: Interferometer Angle Measurements for Distributed Transmit/Receive Antennas - MATLAB® Code