Radar 2007 | International Conference on Radar Systems | Engineering and Technology Event

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Tuesday, 16 October 2007

08.30 – 09.40	Registration/Refreshments Room: Strathblane Hall

09.40 – 09.45	Chairman’s Welcome C J Baker University College London, UK Room: Pentland

09.45 – 10.35	Keynote Address Is Radar Still the King? Giancarlo Grasso, Chief Executive Officer, SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems Room: Pentland

10.30 - 11.00	Refreshments & Exhibition Opens Room: Cromdale

11.00 – 12.40	Oral Session 1a: Radar Systems 1 Room: Pentland Chair: S Watts, Thales Aerospace, UK Co-Chair: M R Inggs, University of Cape Town, South Africa

11.00 – 11.20	HF Radar Ship Detection and Tracking Using WERA System A Dzvonkovskaya, H Rohling, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

11.20 – 11.40	The Architecture and Operating Characteristics of a Multi-Frequency HF Surfacewave Radar – Part One G Dickel, D Emery, D Money, BAE Systems Integrated Systems and Technologies, UK

11.40 – 12.00	Platform Concept: A Breakthrough in Surface Radar Architecture O Adrian, Thales Air Systems, France

12.00 – 12.20	Combination of NLOS Radar Technology and LOS Optical Technology for Defence and Security O Adrian, J-M Ferrier, Y Ricci, Thales Air Systems, France

11.00 – 12.40	Oral Session 1b: SAR/ISAR 1 Room: Fintry Chair: D Blacknell, QinetiQ, UK Co-Chair: J Ender, FGAN, Germany

11.00 – 11.20	Multidimensional Waveform Encoding for Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing G Krieger, N Gebert, A Moreira, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

11.20 – 11.40	RADARSAT Calibration Operations at the Canadian Space Agency: Maintaining RADARSAT-1 Performance and Preparations for RADARSAT-2 S Cote, S Srivastava, Canadian Space Agency, Canada R Hawkins, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada P Le Dantec, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd, Canada

11.40 – 12.00	Tandem-X: A Satellite Formation for High-Resolution SAR Interferometry G Krieger, H Fiedler, M Zink, I Hajnsek, M Younis, S Huber, M Bachmann, J Hueso Gonzalez, M Werner, A Moreira, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

12.00 – 12.20	Signal Synchronisation in SS-BSAR Based on Glonass Satellite Emission R Saini, R Zuo, M Cherniakov, University of Birmingham, UK

12.20 – 12.40	A Statistical Method for Processing SAR Multichannel ATI Sea Surface Images B C Barber, DSTL, UK

11.00 – 12.40	Poster Session 1c: Multistatic Radar Room: Cromdale Chair: C J Baker, UCL, UK Co-Chair: B Bates, University of Adelaide, Australia Low Cost Networked Radar and Sonar Using Open Source Hardware and Software L Williams, M Inggs, University of Cape Town, South Africa Adaptive Beamforming Passive Radar Based on FM Radio Transmitter L Tao, Anhui University, China Yi Hong, J Zhu, East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering, China Comparison of MIMO Radar Concepts: Detection Performance W van Rossum, A Huizing, TNO Defence, Security and Safety, The Netherlands Detecting Personnel in Wooded Areas Using MIMO Radar R Lane, S Hayward, QinetiQ, UK

11.00 – 12.40	Poster Session 1d: Detection and Tracking 1 Room: Cromdale Chair: K Woodbridge, UCL, UK Co-Chair: F Anderson, CSIR, South Africa Diffraction Techniques in RCS Prediction of an Aircraft Model T Daemi, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Iran M Jalilvand, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran An Improved Scheme for the Frequency Domain ΣΔ–DPCA M Shen, D Zhu, Z Zhu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China Efficiency of Adaptive Threshold Detector of Pulse-Doppler Radar V S Verba, V Gandurin, A Sokolov, Radio Engineering Corporation ‘VEGA’, Russia The Dependence of Radar Target Detectability on Array Weighting Function C Alabaster, E Hughes, Cranfield University, UK Detection of Narrowband Radar Signals Having a Broadband Digital Receiver J Worms, FGAN-FHR, Germany Adaptive MRIMM Algorithm for Tracking Manoeuvring Target Using a Phased Array Radar H Benoudnine, ENST, France M Keche, College of Telecommunications and Electronics, Saudi Arabia A Ouamri, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie, Algeria M S Woolfson, University of Nottingham, UK

12.40 – 13.40	Lunch & Exhibition Room: Cromdale

13.40 – 15.20	Oral Session 2a: Multistatic Radar 1 Room: Pentland Chair: C J Baker, UCL, UK Co-Chair: B Bates, University of Adelaide, Australia

13.40 – 14.00	A Passive, Multi-Static Radar System S Carson, D Kilfoyle, M Potter, J Vance, Science Applications International Corporation, USA

14.00 – 14.20	Improving Resolution Using Multistatic Radar S Doughty, K Woodbridge, C J Baker, University College London, UK

14.20 – 14.40	A Common View GPSDO to Synchronise Netted Radar J S Sandenbergh, M R Inggs, University of Cape Town, South Africa

14.40 – 15.00	Target Detection Using Orthogonal Netted Radar Systems (ONRS) H Deng, University of North Texas, USA B Himed, Signal Labs, USA W Wicks, US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

15.00 – 15.20	Ground Clutter Cancellation in MIMO and Multistatic Noise Radars K Kulpa, M Malanowski, Z Gajo, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

13.40 – 15.20	Oral Session 2b: Detection and Tracking 1 Room: Fintry Chair: K Woodbridge, UCL, UK Co-Chair: F Anderson, CSIR, South Africa

13.40 – 14.00	System Level Modelling of Space Based MTI Performance D Belcher, DSTL, UK

14.00 – 14.20	Robust Adaptive Detection Scheme for HF Radar Doppler Processing G A Fabrizio, DSTO, Australia A Farina, Selex SI, Italy

14.20 – 14.40	Optimum Steady-State Filter for Periodic Nonuniform Sampling System Y Liu, H Meng, D Wang, X Q Wang, Tsinghua University, China

14.40 – 15.00	The Gauss-Newton Algorithm Applied to Track-While-Scan Radar N Morrison, R T Lord, M R Inggs, University of Cape Town, South Africa

15.00 – 15.20	Decentralised Processing in Radar Networks P F Sammartino, C J Baker, University College London, UK H Griffiths, Cranfield University, UK M Rangaswamy, AFRL/SNHE, USA

13.40 – 15.20	Poster Session 2c: Radar Systems 1 Room: Cromdale Chair: D Daniels, ERA Technology, UK Co-Chair: P Lacomme, Thales, France Optimised Implementation of a Parallel DSP Architecture for Real Time Stacked Beam Radar Signal Processing B Magaz, M L Bencheikh, M Hamadouche, Research and Development Centre, Algeria A Belouchrani, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers, Algeria Eliminating Ghost Images for Stepped-Frequency Train of LFM Pulses Y Liu, H Meng, H Zhang, X Wang, Tsinghua University, China Performance Evaluation for Imaging Laser Radars with Focal Plane Array B Gallardo-Hernando, J M Muñoz-Ferreras, F Pérez-Martínez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain J M Lázaro-Gasco, Indra Sistemas, S A, Spain Digital Pulse Compressor Design for Ultra-Low Range Sidelobes for Use Within the Eclipsed Region W Dawber, I Nichols, QinetiQ, UK Sidelobe Suppression of LPI Phase-Coded Radar Signal X Fu, L Tian, M Gao, Beijing Institute of Technology, China DSAC Report ‘Specification and Measurement of Radar Performance’ - Have we Fully Exploited its Findings? D Murray, The Real-Time Data Co Ltd, UK The Architecture and Operating Characteristics of a Multi-Frequency HF Surfacewave Radar – Part Two G Dickel, D J Emery, D G Money, BAE Systems Integrated Systems Technologies, UK

13.40 – 15.20	Poster Session 2d: SAR/ISAR 1 Room: Cromdale Chair: A G Stove, Thales Aerospace, UK Co-Chair: P Lombardo, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy Extended Envelope Correlation for Range Bin Alignment in ISAR J M Munoz-Ferreras, F Perez-Martinez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain Improved Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging for High Resolution Applications A Amein, Military Technical College, Egypt J Soraghan, University of Strathclyde, UK Space Debris Radar Imaging Q Wang, M Xing, Z Bao, Xidian University, China A New Method of the High Resolution, Wide Swath SAR J Chen, T Zeng, L Teng, Beijing Institute of Technology, China SAR Active-Decoys Jamming Based on DRFM D Dai, X Wu, X Wang, S Xiao, National University of Defense Technology, China Inversion of Residual Errors to Improve INSAR Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation Z Bawar, L Teng, Z Tao, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

15.20 – 15.50	Refreshments & Exhibition Room: Cromdale

15.50 – 17.30	Oral Session 3a: Target Recognition 1 Room: Pentland Chair: D Blacknell, QinetiQ, UK Co-Chair: P Cooper, SEA, UK

15.50 – 16.10	Recognition of Convoys with Airborne Adaptive Monopulse Radar R Klemm, FGAN- FHR/ARB, Germany

16.10 – 16.30	Multiperspective Micro-Doppler Signature Classification G E Smith, K Woodbridge, C J Baker, University College London, UK

16.30 – 16.50	Fine Micro-Doppler Analysis in ISAR Imaging A Ghaleb, L Vignaud, T Deloues, ONERA, France J M Nicolas, ENST, France

16.50 – 17.10	Neural Network Based for Automatic Vehicle Classification in Forward Scattering Radar R Raja Abdullah, M Saripan, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia M Cherniakov, University of Birmingham, UK

17.10 – 17.30	A Ground Vehicle Classification Approach Using Unmodulated Continuous-Wave Radar J Fang, H Meng, H Zhang, X Wang, Tsinghua University, China

15.50 – 17.30	Oral Session 3b: Waveform Design Room: Fintry Chair: H Griffiths, Cranfield University, UK Co-Chair: P Lacomme, Thales, France

15.50 – 16.10	Waveform Diversity: Past, Present and Future P Antonik, M C Wicks, US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

16.10 – 16.30	Frequency Coded Waveforms from Chaotic Time Series S Welstead, Radiance Technologies, Inc., USA

16.30 – 16.50	Radar and Communication Waveform: Wideband Ambiguity Function and Narrowband Approximation M Ruggiano, Thales Surface Radar, The Netherlands P van Genderen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

16.50 – 17.10	Waveform Diversity for Distributed and Layered Sensing M C Wicks, K M Magde, P Antonik, US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

17.10 – 17.30	Range Doppler Correlation for Time-Orthogonal Distributed Aperture Radars L Landi, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy R Adve, University of Toronto, Canada

15.50 – 17.30	Poster Session 3c: Environment 1 Room: Cromdale Chair: W Dawber, QinetiQ, UK Co-Chair: L Teng, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Clutter Modelling and Analysis for Spaceborne Bistatic Radar N Liu, L Zhang, Y Yi, X Liu, Xidian University, China Spectrally Efficient Radar Systems in the L and S Bands C A Jackson, J Holloway, BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies, UK R Larson, C Sarno, R Pollard, BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, UK C J Baker, K Woodbridge, University College London, UK R F Ormondroyd, M Lewis, Cranfield University, UK A G Stove, Thales Air Systems, UK The Spectrum of Scattered Radar Signals from Complex Ground Targets S Papadopoulos, University of Edinburgh and Alan Dick and Company, UK B Mulgrew, University of Edinburgh, UK Helicopter-Borne MTD Radar Development and Flight Test for Moving Clutter Measurement Y K Kwag, J Y Yong, C H Jung, Korea Aerospace University, Korea Predictive Density of Millimetre-Wave Back Scattering Based on Gamma Mixture Model H Yamaguchi, Ministry of Defense, Japan W Suganuma, T Osafune, M Tanaka, H Okuda, S Aoki, Japan Defense Agency, Japan The Error Statistics of Surveillance Radar Position Measurements O Hallingstad, M Stakkeland, UniK University Graduate Center, Norway Ø Overrein, Applied Radar Physics, Norway Naval Environment Propagation Characteristics and Clutter Suppression in a Multi Sensor Tracker S Hall, BAE Systems Integrated Systems and Technologies, UK

15.50 – 17.30	Poster Session 3d: Detection and Tracking 2 Room: Cromdale Chair: K Woodbridge, UCL, UK Co-Chair: Y Kwag, Korea Aerospace University, Korea Modulus Spatially Variant Apodisation Algorithm for Radar Images Q Wang, M Xing, Xidian University, China A Novel Approach to Range-Profile Estimation of a Moving Vehicle by Road-Monitoring Radar W Machowski, G Koutsogiannis, Mitsubishi Electric VIL, UK S Potter, System Studies Ltd, UK Permutation Test Algorithms for Nonparametric Radar Detection J Sanz-González, F Álvarez-Vaquero, J González-García, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Cooperation Between Tracking and Radar Resource Management G Davidson, Thales Airborne Systems, UK GLRT Based Adaptive Detection for MIMO Radars A Sheikhi, A Zamani, Shiraz University, Iran

17.30 – 19.00	Drinks Reception Sponsored by BAE Insyte