Title :
On the design of integrated HF radar systems for Homeland Security applications
Author :
Baker, James ; Celik, Nuri ; Omaki, Nobutaka ; Kobashigawa, Jill ; Youn, Hyoung-sun ; Iskander, Magdy F.
Author_Institution :
Hawaii Center for Adv. Commun., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
fDate :
Aug. 28 2010-Sept. 3 2010
Abstract :
In this paper, HCAC´s research and development efforts on the development of integrated and low cost HF radar for coastal surveillance and other Homeland Security applications are summarized. The proposed design incorporates electrically small antenna for rapid deployment, supports operation on floating platforms by using enhanced DSP algorithms to mitigate clutter, incorporates improved propagation modeling to more accurately select optimum frequency channels based on atmospheric conditions and overcome the errors due to terrain effects, utilizes Genetic Programming for automatic target recognition and classification, and provides for passive radar operation utilizing existing broadcast transmitters to enable covert operation.
Keywords :
genetic algorithms; military radar; national security; radar antennas; radar clutter; signal processing; DSP algorithm; broadcast transmitter; clutter; coastal surveillance; electrically small antenna; genetic programming; homeland security; integrated HF radar system; optimum frequency channel; propagation modeling; terrain effect; Antenna arrays; Passive radar; Radar antennas; Sea measurements; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7091-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICWITS.2010.5611859