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Toward 3D passive radar exploiting DVB-T2 transmitters of opportunity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2019

Aleksey Barkhatov
Affiliation:
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, ul. Professora Popova 5, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Evgenii Vorobev*
Affiliation:
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, ul. Professora Popova 5, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Vladimir Veremyev
Affiliation:
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, ul. Professora Popova 5, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Vladimir Kutuzov
Affiliation:
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, ul. Professora Popova 5, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
*
Author for correspondence: Evgenii Vorobev, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

This article presents the configuration and technical specification of the passive radar exploiting third-party transmitters of second-generation digital video broadcasting standard DVB-T2 as illuminators of opportunity. The performance of the two-dimensional (2D) passive radar estimated based on theoretical and experimental study is described. The possible configuration of the 2D non-equidistant antenna array for the three-dimensional (3D) passive radar is proposed to ensure the 3D localization of detected targets. The experimental results on drone detection conducted with the 3D passive radar show that the radar with the 2D antenna array is capable to measure not only azimuth but also elevation and consequently target altitude.

Type
MIKON 2018
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2019 

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