Waveform Design and Diversity for Advanced Radar Systems (Radar, Sonar and Navigation)
This is the first book to discuss current and future applications of waveform diversity and design in subjects such as radar and sonar, communications systems, passive sensing, and many other technologies. Waveform diversity allows researchers and system designers to optimize electromagnetic and acoustic systems for sensing, communications, electronic warfare or combinations thereof. It enables solutions to problems with how each system performs its own particular function as well as how it is affected by other systems and how those other systems may likewise be affected. It is an excellent standalone introduction to waveform diversity and design, which takes a high potential technology area and makes it visible to other researchers, as well as young engineers.
Why Read This Book
You will get a focused, practical introduction to waveform diversity and design techniques used in modern radar and passive sensing, including MIMO and cognitive/adaptive approaches. The book explains performance metrics, optimization methods, and coexistence with communications, so you can evaluate and design waveforms for real systems and research.
Who Will Benefit
Radar/sonar engineers, communications researchers, and graduate students working on waveform design, MIMO radar, cognitive/adaptive sensing, or radar-communications coexistence.
Level: Advanced — Prerequisites: Signals and systems, basic radar concepts (pulse/Doppler), linear algebra, probability and detection theory, and familiarity with MATLAB or similar simulation tools.
Key Takeaways
- Design diverse radar/sonar waveforms that trade off resolution, ambiguity, and interference tolerance.
- Evaluate waveform performance using ambiguity functions, information-theoretic metrics, and detection/estimation criteria.
- Apply MIMO and space-time waveform concepts to improve parameter estimation and target discrimination.
- Implement adaptive and cognitive waveform selection strategies to cope with changing environments and spectral coexistence.
- Formulate and solve optimization problems for waveform synthesis under spectral, power, and hardware constraints.
Topics Covered
- 1. Introduction and Motivation for Waveform Diversity
- 2. Basic Waveform Properties and Ambiguity Function
- 3. Performance Metrics and Statistical Measures
- 4. Deterministic Waveform Design Techniques
- 5. Random and Stochastic Waveform Families
- 6. MIMO Waveforms and Space–Time Design
- 7. Adaptive and Cognitive Waveform Selection
- 8. Waveform Coexistence with Communications and EMC Considerations
- 9. Optimization Methods for Waveform Synthesis
- 10. Waveform Diversity in Passive Sensing and Sensor Networks
- 11. Practical Implementation Issues and Case Studies
- 12. Future Trends and Research Directions
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How It Compares
More focused on waveform diversity and co-design than Mark A. Richards' Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (which is broader DSP-focused); complements specialized MIMO radar texts by emphasizing waveform synthesis and coexistence rather than array signal processing alone.
