Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials
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Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials Hands-on (Online, Onsite, and Classroom Live)
| Commitment | 3 days, 7-8 hours a day. |
| Language | English |
| User Ratings | Average User Rating 4.8 See what learners said |
| Price | REQUEST |
| Delivery Options | Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live |
COURSE OVERVIEW
This Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials course is designed for engineers, scientists, and technicians. It thoroughly explores the foundational signal processing methods for interference suppression, detection, imaging, and tracking that are at the core of most modern radar systems. It also provides a solid base for studying advanced techniques, such as radar imaging, advanced waveforms, and adaptive processing, in greater detail.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
- 3 days of Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials with an expert instructor
- Radar Signal Processing Essentials Electronic Course Guide
- Certificate of Completion
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:
- Learn the principles and objectives of basic signal processing methods fundamental to all radars.
- Understand interference suppression methods for noise, clutter, and jamming.
- Evaluate radar signal processing algorithm performance and limitations.
- Develop a strong foundation for study of advanced radar techniques.
- Sampling rates and resolution in spatial, Doppler, and angle dimensions
- Models of the deterministic and statistical behavior of radar signals
- Moving target indication (MTI) and pulse Doppler processors for detecting targets in clutter
- Simple and pulse compression waveforms to achieve resolution, sidelobe, and SNR requirements
- Coherent and noncoherent integration and constant false alarm rate (CFAR) to meet detection goals
- Single- and multi-target tracking algorithms and limitations on their accuracy
- Basic concepts and design drivers for advanced adaptive processing algorithms for clutter and jamming suppression
- 2D imaging radar (SAR) concepts and basic design parameters
CUSTOMIZE IT
- We can adapt this Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials course to your group’s background and work requirements at little to no added cost.
- If you are familiar with some aspects of this Radar Signal Processing Essentials course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
- We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the Radar Signal Processing Essentials course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
- If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policymaker), and present the Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP
The target audience for this Radar Signal Processing Training Essentials course:
- Radar Engineers and Technicians
- Signal Processing Engineers
- Defense and Aerospace Professionals
- Researchers in Radar and Remote Sensing
- Electronic Warfare Specialists
- Graduate Students in Radar and Communication Engineering
- Professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge of advanced radar signal processing.
CLASS PREREQUISITES
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this Advanced Radar Signal Processing and Analysis course are:
- Radar Systems Fundamentals
COURSE SYLLABUS
SIGNAL MODELING
- Radar signal processing goals: signal-to-interference and resolution
- Signal acquisition and organization: fast- and slow-time sampling, the data cube
- Deterministic and Statistical models for targets, clutter, and noise signals
- Doppler shift and Doppler bandwidth
THRESHOLD DETECTION
- Fixed and adaptive (CFAR) threshold detection theory
- Simple tools for detection performance estimation: Albersheim’s and Shnidman’s equations
- The effect of target fluctuations and integration
MEASUREMENT ACCURACY AND TRACKING
- Limiting factors in measuring range, Doppler, and angle
- Single- and Multiple-Target Tracking: data association and track filtering
WAVEFORMS
- Effect of radar waveforms on range and Doppler resolution, ambiguities, and signal-to-noise ratio
- Matched filtering and pulse compression
- Simple pulses, linear frequency modulation, phase coded, and pulse burst waveforms
MTI AND PULSE DOPPLER
- Moving target indication and the vector matched filter
- Pulse Doppler processing
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
- Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) concepts and modes
- Resolution versus area coverage
- Basic stripmap and spotlight SAR imaging algorithms
ADAPTIVE INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION
- Digital beamforming
- Ground MTI and space-time adaptive processing (STAP)
- STAP extensions and applications
SPECIAL TOPICS AND APPLICATIONS (A selected subset of these is included)
- Continuous-wave and Frequency-modulated continuous wave radar
- Electronic protection
- Weather radar
- Airport surveillance radar
- Space-based radar
- Millimeter-wave radar
