• DocumentCode
    558019
  • Title

    Feasibility study of DTV based PCL radar in South Africa

  • Author

    Oyedokun, Titus

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    186
  • Lastpage
    189
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a discussion on Passive Coherent Location (PCL) radar system using Digital-TV signals (Digital video broadcasting Terrestrial-DVB-T) as a means of radar transmission in Cape Town South Africa. It analyzes the quality of digital TV signals as an illuminator of opportunity for PCL. Digital TV signals being broadcasted in Cape Town South Africa will be analyzed by means of the ambiguity function. Furthermore, a system characterization with performance prediction.
  • Keywords
    digital video broadcasting; passive radar; Cape Town South Africa; DTV based PCL radar; DVB-T; digital video broadcasting terrestrial; digital-TV signals; passive coherent location radar; performance prediction; radar transmission; system characterization; Cities and towns; Digital TV; Digital video broadcasting; Passive radar; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2011 European
  • Conference_Location
    Manchester
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1156-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6101089