Distributed Radar Network with Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) Based Synchronization

Andawattage Samarasekera; Sergio Lopez Fernandez; Reinhard Feger; Richard Hüttner; Frank Gruson; Siegfried Krainer; Andreas Stelzer

doi:10.1109/WiSNeT59910.2024.10438574

Distributed Radar Network with Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) Based Synchronization

Andawattage Samarasekera, Sergio Lopez Fernandez, Reinhard Feger, Richard Hüttner, Frank Gruson, Siegfried Krainer, Andreas Stelzer

Department of RF-Systems

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Abstract

Distributed radar networks provide numerous advantages, such as increased angular resolution and improved signal-to-noise ratio. However, the requirement of having the chirped local oscillator (f TX ) signal distributed to minimize the phase noise of the bi-static and multi-static responses of such networks increases their complexity and expenses. Our work shows that it is possible to synthesize the frequency-modulated continuous-wave signal in a central module and distribute it at f TX /2 via polymer microwave fiber (PMF) to radar nodes operating in the 76–81 GHz band. Thus, we are able to fulfill the requirement of being a coherent distributed radar network as well as bring the cost down by using PMF for the f TX /2 distribution. Furthermore, we compare the performances of the same PMF based radar network with a coaxial cable based radar network for f TX /2 distribution, and the performances are comparable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNeT)
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350329827
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSNeT59910.2024.10438574
Publication status	Published - Jan 2024

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Name	2024 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2024 - 2024 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNeT 2024

Fields of science

202019 High frequency engineering
202033 Radar technology
202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
202030 Communication engineering

JKU Focus areas

Digital Transformation

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Samarasekera, A., Lopez Fernandez, S., Feger, R., Hüttner, R., Gruson, F., Krainer, S., & Stelzer, A. (2024). Distributed Radar Network with Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) Based Synchronization. In IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNeT) (2024 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2024 - 2024 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNeT 2024). https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSNeT59910.2024.10438574

Samarasekera, Andawattage ; Lopez Fernandez, Sergio ; Feger, Reinhard et al. / Distributed Radar Network with Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) Based Synchronization. IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNeT). 2024. (2024 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2024 - 2024 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNeT 2024).

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Distributed Radar Network with Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) Based Synchronization. / Samarasekera, Andawattage; Lopez Fernandez, Sergio; Feger, Reinhard et al.
IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNeT). 2024. (2024 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2024 - 2024 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, WiSNeT 2024).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

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Distributed Radar Network with Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) Based Synchronization

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