Prototyping a Dual-Channel Receiver for use in a Staring Cooperative Radar Network for the Detection of Drones

Benjamin Griffin; Alessio Balleri; Chris Baker; Mohammed Jahangir

doi:10.23919/IRS51887.2021.9466221

Prototyping a Dual-Channel Receiver for use in a Staring Cooperative Radar Network for the Detection of Drones

Benjamin Griffin
, Alessio Balleri
, Chris Baker
, Mohammed Jahangir

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Abstract

Staring radars use a transmitting static wide-beam antenna and a directive digital array to form multiple simultaneous beams on receive. Because beams are fixed, the radar can employ long integration times to detect slow low-RCS targets, such as drones, which present a challenge to traditional air surveillance radar. The use of multiple spatially separated receivers cooperating with the staring transmitters in a multistatic network allows multi-perspective target acquisitions that can help mitigate interference, such as signal multipath, and ultimately enhance the detection of drones and reduce target parameter estimation errors. Here, the design of a dual-channel receiver prototype for use in a multistatic cooperative network is presented. Several measurements have been taken using the prototype receiver in a bistatic configuration to test and assess its performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 21st International Radar Symposium (IRS)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9783944976310, 9783944976303 (USB)
ISBN (Print)	9781665439213 (PoD)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/IRS51887.2021.9466221
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	Proceedings International Radar Symposium
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2155-5745
ISSN (Electronic)	2155-5753

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgments:
The authors thank Aveillant Ltd, a Thales company and Cranfield Defence and Security for funding this work under the Cranfield University 50:50 Industrial PhD scheme. The authors would also like to thank Janko Scepanovic for his initial work on the design.

Keywords

Radar measurements
Surveillance
Helicopters
Radar detection
Prototypes
Rotors
Receivers

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Griffin, B., Balleri, A., Baker, C., & Jahangir, M. (2021). Prototyping a Dual-Channel Receiver for use in a Staring Cooperative Radar Network for the Detection of Drones. In 2021 21st International Radar Symposium (IRS) Article 9466221 (Proceedings International Radar Symposium ). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.23919/IRS51887.2021.9466221

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Prototyping a Dual-Channel Receiver for use in a Staring Cooperative Radar Network for the Detection of Drones. / Griffin, Benjamin; Balleri, Alessio; Baker, Chris et al.
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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