Design and implementation of a digital real-time target emulator for secondary surveillance radar / identification friend or foe

Author

Neemat, Sharef ; Inggs, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Volume

27

Issue

6

fYear

2012

fDate

6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

24

Abstract

It was found from testing and verification that the SSR/IFF target emulator is compliant with the system requirements. The system is capable of generating replies in real-time from 4000 distinct identity mobile targets for SSR/IFF modes 1, 2, 3/A, C, and 4, situated at a distance from 0 to 600 km from the interrogator being tested. The system is additionally able to generate FRUIT replies and to interface with or emulate an SSR/IFF antenna. The system furthermore allows for the creation of target crossing scenarios for generating advanced garbled reply situations.

Keywords

digital systems; military radar; search radar; FRUIT; SSR-IFF target emulator; advanced garbled reply situation generation; distance 0 km to 600 km; distinct identity mobile targets; interrogator; target crossing scenario; Aircraft manufacture; Design methodology; Emulators; Military communication; Radar tracking; Real-time systems; Surveillance; Target tracking; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2012.6328549

Filename

6328549