• DocumentCode
    1687791
  • Title

    An MSK Waveform for Radar Applications

  • Author

    Quirk, Kevin J. ; Srinivasan, Meera

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    We introduce a minimum shift keying (MSK) waveform developed for use in radar applications. This waveform is characterized in terms of its spectrum, autocorrelation, and ambiguity function, and is compared with the conventionally used bi-phase coded (BPC) radar signal. It is shown that the MSK waveform has several advantages when compared with the BPC waveform, and is a better candidate for deep-space radar imaging systems such as NASA´s Goldstone Solar System Radar.
  • Keywords
    codes; minimum shift keying; radar signal processing; MSK waveform; NASA Goldstone Solar System Radar; ambiguity function; autocorrelation; biphase coded radar signal; deep-space radar imaging systems; minimum shift keying waveform; radar applications; spectrum; Autocorrelation; Baseband; Doppler radar; Moon; Radar applications; Radar imaging; Radio frequency; Signal resolution; Solar system; Spaceborne radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Telecommunications Conference, 2009. GLOBECOM 2009. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • ISSN
    1930-529X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4148-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5425647
  • Filename
    5425647