This entry will detail the geometry of multi-static passive RADAR and describe how it obtains a target solution. For this report, a multi-static passive TDOA RADAR configuration will consist of a single receiving station that monitors for direct signals from the transmitters and indirect, multi-path signals reflected from potential targets. Other configurations are possible but the two-dimensional solution described here requires three transmitter-receiver combinations. To obtain a target the system measures the time difference of arrival (TDOA) of the multi-path signal is compared to the direct path signal from the same transmitter. Solutions for possible targets are calculated using the measured TDOA timings.
Tag: Radar
Multi-Static TDOA Radar
This entry will cover some of the basic principals of a passive radar system. Using an example system bellow the basic principles of a multi-static TDOA passive radar system will be explained. The basic outline provided in this post will be built upon in the future.
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As part of the finial year of my degree at the University of Aberdeen, I completed an undergraduate thesis. In my thesis, I considered the concept of a multi-static passive radar system capable of tracking civil aircraft using transmitters of opportunity.
I aim to use this journal as a means of exploring the ideas outlined in my thesis and expand upon them. Using this journal I will break down my thesis and re-examine the background, principals, motivations, benefits and applications of a multi-static passive radar system.
This entry will discuss the motivations behind a civil aviation application for a passive radar system.