Signal-to-noise ratio gains and synchronization requirements of a distributed radar network
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Hurley, Sean M.
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Tummala, Murali
Pace, Phillip
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2006-06
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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This thesis explores the potential benefits of two, three, and four-node distributed radar networks with the potential to provide a received SNR proportional to n2 times that of a single-node system, where n is the number of nodes in the network. By plotting the Cassini curves for these distributed radar networks along with the Cassini curves of a monostatic radar system for the same level of received SNR, these benefits are graphically demonstrated. The SNR gains result in a much larger area of coverage for the distributed radar network compared to that of a power-equivalent monostatic radar. The impact of phase and pulse synchronization on a distributed radar network is also explored. By examining phase error and pulse error separately, and then examining their impact on the coverage areas of a two-node distributed radar network, the importance of synchronization to a distributed radar network is demonstrated.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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xiv, 61 p. : col. ill. ;
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.