[GSoC] gr-radar: Dual CW Radar and Tracking Algorithms

Hi,

The Radar Toolbox has new features!

First new feature of the Radar Toolbox is a Dual CW Radar. It is
implemented as simulation and tested with USRPs. This setup is much more
better than the previous FSK Radar!
Check out my development blog for a demonstration video and further
information. [0]

Second feature is a cooperation with a bachelor student at the CEL [2].
His thesis is about tracking algorithms for radar signal processing.
Realtime tracking with a SIR particle filter and an unscented kalman
filter is implemented and tested on hardware.
There is also a video on my blog with the comparison of the tracking and
the not past processed detections. [1]

Furthermore OFDM Radar signal processing with a new GUI block is coming
these days!

Greetings,
Stefan

[0] Dual CW Radar

[1] Tracking Algorithms

[2] Communications Engineering Lab
http://www.cel.kit.edu/english/index.php

Nice. I don’t know much about radar. Is range related to EIRP?

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Stefan Wunsch

I’m not sure in which way you mean ‘related to’.

The range is not measured with the EIRP. The difference of the
dopplerpeak phases of the two CW signals is proportional to the target
range. This way you get the target range!

A higher EIRP makes the detection easier because you have higher
backscattered power but it do not change your estimated target range.

Furthermore your maximum detection range is also not really dependent on
EIRP. The maximum range is given by the difference of the dopplerpeak
phases equal to 2*pi because a target with a greater range than the
maximum range doesnt differ from a target of the range R modulus R_max.

Greetings!

Am 16.07.2014 08:08, schrieb Vanush V.:

On 07/16/2014 12:00 PM, Stefan Wunsch wrote:

I’m not sure in which way you mean ‘related to’.

The range is not measured with the EIRP. The difference of the
dopplerpeak phases of the two CW signals is proportional to the target
range. This way you get the target range!

I guess the OP asked about the maximum range of the radar system, which
is related to EIRP.

A higher EIRP makes the detection easier because you have higher
backscattered power but it do not change your estimated target range.

Furthermore your maximum detection range is also not really dependent on
EIRP. The maximum range is given by the difference of the dopplerpeak
phases equal to 2*pi because a target with a greater range than the
maximum range doesnt differ from a target of the range R modulus R_max.

…and there’s that. In any radar with a repetitive pattern, there’s an
‘unambiguous range’. It helps if that is larger than the actual
achievable detection range.

M

Slightly :slight_smile:

Here’s a good link for more info:

Mike


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