Holistic radar waveform diversity

Abstract Practical radar operation involves a complex interaction between electromagnetics, radio frequency (RF) system engineering, and signal processing. At a general level, radar waveform diversity involves the joint consideration of the range, Doppler, spatial, polarization, and frequency domains to enhance radar capabilities and potentially enable various forms of multimode operation. To make such waveform-diverse capabilities/mode practical, it is likewise necessary to consider waveform diversity from a more holistic perspective. This chapter summarizes the realistic radar attributes that affect the waveform and discusses waveform design structures that intrinsically adhere to these realistic requirements. These physically realizable structures are then used to construct more complex waveform-diverse sensing schemes.

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