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A NOVEL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADAR: THEORY & EXPERIMENTS
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Jameson, Brian Douglas
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375821039
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2013, Master of Science, Miami University, Computational Science and Engineering.
Abstract
This thesis presents theoretical analysis and experimental evidence to demonstrate the feasibility of an ultra-wideband (UWB) software-defined radar sensor (SDRS) for simultaneous platform positioning and target detection in unknown indoor environments. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is used to modulate the UWB SDRS signal. Spectral responses from targets at each of the OFDM sub-carriers are investigated experimentally and the results are used to develop effective sensing and discrimination functions for different types of target materials, signal incidence direction, range, and incidence power levels. When performed concurrently, these developed functions have the potential to assist the SDRS in navigating itself through unknown indoor environments with no prior knowledge of the contents or geometry of the environment. Simulations and experiments are presented to display the effectiveness of the SDRS at providing a position solution while also detecting target of interest.
Committee
Dmitriy Garmatyuk, PhD (Advisor)
Yu Morton, PhD (Advisor)
Donald Ucci, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
66 p.
Subject Headings
Engineering
Keywords
radar
;
OFDM
;
autonomous
;
UWB
;
software
;
software-defined
;
software defined
;
orthogonal frequency divisition multiplexing
;
detection
;
navigation
;
profiles
;
diversity
;
ultra-wideband
;
SDRS
;
sensors
;
multi-function
;
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Jameson, B. D. (2013).
A NOVEL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADAR: THEORY & EXPERIMENTS
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375821039
APA Style (7th edition)
Jameson, Brian.
A NOVEL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADAR: THEORY & EXPERIMENTS.
2013. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375821039.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Jameson, Brian. "A NOVEL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADAR: THEORY & EXPERIMENTS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375821039
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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A NOVEL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADAR: THEORY & EXPERIMENTS by Brian Douglas Jameson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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