Author(s):

Jiann-Ching Guey

ICASSP 2009

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Reduced-Complexity Delay-Doppler Correlator for Time-Frequency Hopping Signal (pdf)

Abstract:
The delay-Doppler correlator is most commonly used for target detection in a radar system. It is essentially a twodimensional filter matched to the hypothesized delay and Doppler shifts of echoes reflected from the illuminating signal. More recently, it has been applied in communication to the detection of signature sequences generated from artificially introduced time-frequency shifts of a base sequence. In this paper, we derive a computationally efficient delay-Doppler correlator for a class of time-frequency hopping waveforms that can be represented by segments of equallength sinusoids. These sequences can be found in applications such as continuous waveform radar and device identification in wireless communication. By applying sliding Discrete Fourier Transform and exploiting the structure of the waveform, the number of multiplications required for evaluating the entire delay-Doppler range can be reduced by a factor equaling the length of the sequence.

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