An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Radar Waveform with a Large Time-bandwidth Product (Short Communication)

This paper proposes a practical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) chirp diverse waveform with a large time-bandwidth product for new generation radar systems. Besides large time-bandwidth product and implementation simplicity, the OFDM chirp diverse waveform have good ambiguity function performance in range resolution and doppler resolution. Although the spectra are not uniform across the bandwidth like conventional chirp waveforms, the bandwidth is covered with no visible gaps. Defence Science Journal, 2012, 62(6), pp.427-430 , DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.62.2100

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