NDLI: Distributed Coherent Aperture Measurements for Next Generation BMD Radar

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Coutts, S. Cuomo, K. McHarg, J. Robey, F. Weikle, D.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA (Coutts, S.; Cuomo, K.; McHarg, J.; Robey, F.; Weikle, D.)
Abstract	This paper describes the distributed coherent aperture work being carried out at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in support of the next generation radar (NGR) program under the direction of the Radar Systems Technology (RST) group within the Missile Defense Agency/Advanced Systems (MDA/AS) Directorate. The NGR concept achieves transportability and high-radar sensitivity by coherently combining multiple distributed radar apertures in a building block manner. The operational concept uses orthogonal noise-like waveforms and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques for cohere-on-receive operation and for adaptively estimating the transmit coherence parameters. In cohere-on-transmit mode, like waveforms are used and the relative phase and transmit time of each transmit pulse is adaptively adjusted so that the transmitted pulses arrive at the target in-phase and at the same time. In cohere-on-receive mode, an $N^{2}$ signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gain is achieved over a single aperture when the orthogonal waveforms are combined coherently. In cohere-on-transmit mode, full coherence is achieved on both transmit and receive for an $N^{2}$ SNR gain over a single radar. The NGR concept and recent highly-successful distributed aperture measurement campaigns are described. These measurements were carried out at the white sands missile range (WSMR) using the Lincoln Laboratory Wideband MIMO Distributed Aperture Test System in July 2005 and at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Ipswich Antenna Range Facility in August 2004. Wideband coherence on transmit and receive was demonstrated at X-band in real time against live targets. A performance analysis, including comparison to the Cramer-Rao bounds, is given for the coherence parameter estimators during the presentation. Future plans are briefly discussed, including experiments with more radar channels and plans to demonstrate additional benefits of using MIMO techniques with distributed apertures and through spatial diversity
Starting Page	390
Ending Page	393
File Size	424489
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424403081
DOI	10.1109/SAM.2006.1706161
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-07-12
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Radar measurements MIMO Laboratories Apertures Missiles Coherence Radar antennas Antenna measurements Force measurement Broadband antennas
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Phase difference estimation based on orthogonal signals for distributed coherent aperture radar

Compact directional UWB antenna with dielectric insert for radar distance measurements

The single antenna interferometer

Design and measurement of a wideband aperture-coupled and polarization-agile stacked-patch antenna-array for monopulse radar applications

A dielectric lens antenna with enhanced aperture efficiency for industrial radar applications

Broadband antenna array for SAR applications

The butterfly: a broadband, aerodynamic antenna for airborne missile scoring using impulse radar

High precision antenna characterisation for broadband synthetic aperture radar processing

Wideband planar phased array antenna at Ku frequency-band for synthetic aperture radars and radar-guided missiles tracking and detection

Distributed Coherent Aperture Measurements for Next Generation BMD Radar

Similar Documents

Phase difference estimation based on orthogonal signals for distributed coherent aperture radar

Compact directional UWB antenna with dielectric insert for radar distance measurements

The single antenna interferometer

Design and measurement of a wideband aperture-coupled and polarization-agile stacked-patch antenna-array for monopulse radar applications

A dielectric lens antenna with enhanced aperture efficiency for industrial radar applications

Broadband antenna array for SAR applications

The butterfly: a broadband, aerodynamic antenna for airborne missile scoring using impulse radar

High precision antenna characterisation for broadband synthetic aperture radar processing

Wideband planar phased array antenna at Ku frequency-band for synthetic aperture radars and radar-guided missiles tracking and detection

Distributed Coherent Aperture Measurements for Next Generation BMD Radar