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Aeronautics and Air Transport Research

7th Framework Programme 2007-2013

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Passive Bistatic Radar based on mixed DSSS and OFDM WiFi transmissions

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F. Colone, P. Falcone, P. Lombardo, "Passive Bistatic Radar based on mixed DSSS and OFDM WiFi transmissions", 8th European Radar Conference (EuRAD 2011), October 12-14, 2011, Manchester (UK), pp. 154-157.
Author(s) Colone Fabiola, Falcone Paolo, Lombardo Pierfrancesco
Organization(s) University of Rome "La Sapienza" - DIET Dept. (Italy)
Conference 8th European Radar Conference (EuRAD 2011)
Conference Date 12 - 14 October 2011
Conference Location Manchester (UK)
On page(s) 154 - 157

Abstract

The practical feasibility of a WiFi transmissions based passive bistatic radar (PBR) is analyzed here. The required data processing steps are described including the adopted techniques for 1) the control of the signal autocorrelation function (ACF) usually yielding a high sidelobe level, and 2) the removal of the undesired signal contributions which strongly limit the useful dynamic range. The performance of the proposed techniques is firstly evaluated against simulated data generated according to the IEEE 802.11 Standards. Moreover the results are presented against a real data set collected by an experimental setup when using the conventional dual (reference and surveillance) channels PBR receiving scheme. This allows us to demonstrate the potentialities of a WiFi-based PBR for local area surveillance applications, where vehicles and people can be detected and tracked. Based on the digital nature of the exploited signals of opportunity, the attractive possibility is also investigated of avoiding the use of a dedicated receiving channel for the reference signal, by synthesizing it from the surveillance channel. This approach is shown to yield comparable performance with respect to the conventional PBR approach while yielding a remarkable saving in terms of system complexity.

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