Title :
Measurement and analysis of clutter signal from GSM/DCS-based passive radar
Author :
De Maio, Antonio ; Foglia, Goffredo ; Pasquino, Nicola ; Vadursi, Michele
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples
Abstract :
Passive radars are not at all new to the radar community though they lately raised interest among researchers for some specific features that make them more appealing than classic active radar systems. In fact, having the TX and RX located at two different positions, and the adoption of signals carrying other kinds of information such as GSM (either classical or the 1800/1900 MHz version) or FM modulated carriers, makes passive radar virtually undetectable and economically advantageous. In the paper a measurement system used to characterize the clutter from a GSM/DCS-based passive radar is presented. The main objective is to study the statistical properties of the clutter signal and to find a theoretical model fitting the measured clutter data.
Keywords :
FM radar; cellular radio; passive radar; radar clutter; FM modulated carrier; GSM/DCS-based passive radar; classic active radar systems; measurement system; signal clutter; statistical properties; Antenna measurements; Attenuation measurement; Clutter; Current measurement; Directive antennas; GSM; Passive radar; Radar detection; Radio frequency; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4721052
