Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC6416 : Advanced Radar Signal Processing { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Ajit Kumar Sahoo
Syllabus
Module 1:
Introduction to Signal Processing in Radar Systems :History of radar, Basic radar functions, Elements of pulsed radar Signal processing concepts in radar e.g. spatial resolution, sampling theory, correlation, interference suppression, phenomenology, Imaging, detection.(10Hrs)
Module 2:
Signal Models and Processing in Radar : Radar cross section,Radar equation ,Swerling models, Clutter modelling,Noise modelling and signal-to-noise ratio, Jamming, Doppler shift, Cross-range Multipath Sampling in Doppler and angle domains, Quantization ,(8 Hrs)
Module 3:
I/Q Modulation in Radar, Matched filtering, Compression filtering, Ambiguity function, Pulse burst waveforms, Frequency-modulated waveforms, Phase modulated waveforms, Doppler spectrum, Moving target Indication Pulse Doppler processing, Pulse pair processing.(10Hrs)
Module 4:
Data Processing Topics in Radar: Radar detection and hypothesis testing, Threshold detection, Binary integration Constant , False alarm rate Cell-averaging CFAR , Order statistic CFAR, Spatial filtering, Beam forming,Space-time adaptive processing, Cognitive radar.(8 Hrs)
Course Objectives
- To study about different radar signal processing techniques such as matched filtering,
- To study about different signal models in radar
- To know different detection techniques in radar.
Course Outcomes
1. Able to Learn advanced signal processing technics for Radar applications <br />2. Able to learn different signal models in radar. <br />3.Able to learn pulse compression concept and doppler processing. <br />4. Able to process the data received from radar. <br />5.Able to learn beam forming and space time processing.
Essential Reading
- N. Levanon, and E. Mozeson, Radar Signals, Wiley-Blackwell , 2004.
- A Hein, Processing of SAR Data: Fundamentals, Signal Processing, Interferometry, Springer , 2010
Supplementary Reading
- M.I Skolnik, Introduction to Radar Systems, Tata McGraw Hill , 2010
- P. Z. Peebles, Radar Principles, Wiley , 2007