Abstract
Today’s Air (and Airport traffic) management needs an advanced surveillance function for the airport’s surface. Among the different sensors to be integrated for this function just the surface movement radar is able to detect the presence, and determine the position, of non co-operating targets. Present-day smr’s are considered aged and inadequate. In this paper we propose a novel short range radar, operating at frequencies around 95 GHz, to be used in a distributed surface surveillance system. Its main characteristics and the trade-off considerations involved in its design are discussed.
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Le contrôle des pistes d’un aéroport a un rôle de plus en plus important dans la gestion du trafic aérien. Le radar pour les mouvements au sol (surface movement radar, smr) est le seul capteur capable de détecter la presénce et de déterminer la position d’une cible non coopérative, mats les radars installés actuellement sont anciens et ne peuvent répondre aux exigences actuelles. Cet article présente un nouveau radar fonctionnant vers 95 GHz, intégré dans un système distribué de surveillance. Il discute ses caractéristiques et les compromis intervenus pendant sa conception.
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Galati, G., Ferri, M., Naldi, M. et al. A short-range, high-resolution millimeter-wave surface movement radar. Ann. Télécommun. 52, 224–229 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996048
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