Feasibility study of LTE signal as a new illuminators of opportunity for passive radar applications

• Main Authors: Salah, Asem Ahmad Mohamad, Raja Abdullah, Raja Syamsul Azmir, Ismail, Alyani, Hashim, Fazirulhisyam, Leow, Chee Yen, Roslee, Mardeni, Abdul Rashid, Nur Emileen
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68354/1/Feasibility%20study%20of%20LTE%20signal%20as%20a%20new%20illuminators%20of%20opportunity%20for%20passive%20radar%20applications.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68354/

Recently, there has been an evolution of mobile networks towards the fourth generation radio wireless communications (4G) as LTE (Long Term Evolution). In this paper, the feasibility of using LTE-based passive radar is investigated to take advantage of using LTE signal as illuminator of opportunity for moving object monitoring. An analysis of ambiguity function is done on a typical LTE waveform to assess the Doppler and range characteristics. The initial results and analysis show that LTE signal range and Doppler resolutions of 7.5m and 0.11m/s can be achieved, respectively.