Title :
Design Considerations for Intrusion Detection Wide Area Surveillance Radars for Perimeters and Borders
Author_Institution :
Butler & England Ltd., Scottsdale, AZ
Abstract :
Radars operate at their best with long line of sight and clear environmental conditions. Superior security radars excel when the environmental conditions are less than perfect and the terrain is challenging. If careful consideration is given to the design of a physical security system taking into account the threat, environment, and overall system performance requirement, it is evident that ground surveillance radars provide superior performance and value over other perimeter sensors, and FMCW radars are superior to pulse Doppler radars for this application.
Keywords :
CW radar; Doppler radar; FM radar; alarm systems; safety systems; search radar; FMCW radar; alarm system; ground surveillance radar; intrusion detection wide area surveillance radar design; perimeter sensor; physical security system design; pulse Doppler radar; security radar; Cameras; Information security; Intrusion detection; Motion detection; Personnel; Protection; Radar detection; Radar tracking; Sensor systems; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Technologies for Homeland Security, 2008 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1977-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1978-4
DOI :
10.1109/THS.2008.4534421