Experimental study of LTE signals as illuminators of opportunity for passive bistatic radar applications

A.A. Salah; R.S.A. Raja Abdullah; A. Ismail; F. Hashim; N.H. Abdul Aziz

Experimental study of LTE signals as illuminators of opportunity for passive bistatic radar applications

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Author(s): A.A. Salah ¹ ; R.S.A. Raja Abdullah ¹ ; A. Ismail ¹ ; F. Hashim ¹ ; N.H. Abdul Aziz ¹
- Affiliations: 1: Wireless and Photonic Network Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Selangor, Malaysia
Source: Volume 50, Issue 7, 27 March 2014, p. 545 – 547
DOI: 10.1049/el.2014.0237 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X

Received 19/01/2014, Published 14/03/2014

Passive radars utilising illuminators of opportunity are being actively studied in the field of radar. In the last few years, many illuminator sources have been employed for passive radar applications. However, there have been no published results on the use of the long-term evolution (LTE) signal as a novel source for passive radar applications. For the first time an experimental investigation into the feasibility of LTE-based passive radars for detecting a moving target is presented. A theoretical analysis was conducted on a captured LTE signal in the atmosphere. This was then followed by a field experiment. The preliminary results show that the LTE signal is capable of being an illuminator for passive radars.

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