Cognition is the set of all mental abilities and processes related to knowledge: attention, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and computation, problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of language, etc. Human cognition is conscious and unconscious, concrete or abstract, as well as intuitive (like knowledge of a language) and conceptual (like a model of a language). Cognitive processes use existing knowledge and generate new knowledge. Cognition can also be artificial.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Why cognition in radar? The role of human operators and of a computer-based radar task scheduler
• 1.2.1 Use of the phased-array antenna in radar systems
• 1.2.2 Use of variable dwell time
• 1.2.3 Use of variable data rate
• 1.2.4 The system manager
• 1.3 To what extent can today's phased-array radars be considered cognitive?
• 1.4 What's next
• 1.5 Operational requirements
• 1.6 Enabling key technologies: just a taste
• 1.7 Adaptivity and brain
• 1.7.1 Brain ⋯ few basic notions
• 1.8 Brain inspired radar design
• 1.9 Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• References

Inspec keywords: radar; cognitive radio

Other keywords: cognitive processes; problem solving; working memory; cognitive radar; human cognition; decision making

Subjects: Radar equipment, systems and applications; Radio links and equipment