Passive radars exploiting ambient illuminators of opportunity are developing into mature sensors that might fill roles currently requiring active primary radars. This paper considers the efficacy of on-field passive radars to provide low-altitude terminal-area surveillance at each of 4,661 unique airports within the United States, a role difficult to fill using a smaller number of more-expensive active radars. Simulations included terrain and 6,619 real-world television stations, and results indicate that modest passive radars might provide short-range accuracies similar to the ASR-11 for most of the examined approaches. Furthermore, a low-cost beacon is presented that enables in-situ signal integrity monitoring, and experimental results demonstrate short range detection of both aircraft and the beacon.


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    Title :

    Passive radar for terminal area surveillance: Performance feasibility study


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    Publication date :

    2014-10-01


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    6149013 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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