Ground-based mobile passive imagery based on a DVB-T signal of opportunity

A new approach to passive bistatic radar imaging using DVB-T signals as illuminators of opportunity is presented. The concept has been verified using ground based mobile platforms as a radar receiver carrier. The paper presents an algorithm description and its verification using both simulated and real data gathered during an outdoor measurement campaign.

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