Passive detection of aircraft utilising shadowing techniques

Author

Palmer, James ; Homer, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

fYear

2003

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

423

Lastpage

428

Abstract

This paper introduces the possibility of passively detecting aircraft, based on the radiation shadows cast by targets illuminated by non-dedicated satellite borne transmitters (e.g. GPS, LEOs communication satellites). Various aspects of the system are considered, from frequency selection based on diffraction, to power considerations for the signals involved. The effect of the sea surface is also taken into consideration, and preliminary conclusions about modelling techniques are given.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; electromagnetic wave diffraction; radar detection; satellite communication; target tracking; GPS; LEO communication satellites; airborne target detection; aircraft passive detection; diffraction based frequency selection; nondedicated satellite borne transmitters; passive radar; sea surface effect; shadow detection; shadowing techniques; target radiation shadows; Aircraft; Artificial satellites; Diffraction; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Lasers and Electro-Optics Society; Radiation detectors; Sea surface; Shadow mapping; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7870-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2003.1278779

Filename

1278779