Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, Second Edition
The most complete, current guide to the signal processing techniques essential to advanced radar systems
Fully updated and expanded, Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, Second Edition, offers comprehensive coverage of the basic digital signal processing techniques and technologies on which virtually all modern radar systems rely, including target and interference models, matched filtering, waveform design, Doppler processing, threshold detection, and measurement accuracy.
The methods and interpretations of linear systems, filtering, sampling, and Fourier analysis are used throughout to provide a unified tutorial approach. End-of-chapter problems reinforce the material covered. Developed over many years of academic and professional education, this authoritative resource is ideal for graduate students as well as practicing engineers.
Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, Second Edition, covers:
- Introduction to radar systems
- Signal models
- Pulsed radar data acquisition
- Radar waveforms
- Doppler processing
- Detection fundamentals
- Measurements and tracking
- Introduction to synthetic aperture imaging
- Introduction to beamforming and space-time adaptive processing
Why Read This Book
You should read this book if you need a unified, DSP-centered treatment of modern radar signal processing — it ties linear systems, Fourier analysis, and statistical detection/estimation directly to radar tasks. You will get worked examples, end-of-chapter problems, and practical perspectives that bridge theory and implementation for real radar systems.
Who Will Benefit
Graduate students, radar engineers, and DSP practitioners who design or analyze radar receivers, detection algorithms, and waveform processing chains.
Level: Advanced — Prerequisites: Undergraduate signals & systems and linear systems theory, basic DSP (sampling, FFT, filtering), and probability/random processes; familiarity with MATLAB is helpful.
Key Takeaways
- Design and analyze matched filters and pulse-compression techniques for radar pulses.
- Apply Doppler processing and FFT-based pulse-Doppler techniques to detect and resolve moving targets.
- Evaluate and design detection schemes including CFAR and understand statistical detection/false-alarm tradeoffs.
- Use the ambiguity function to design and assess radar waveforms for range-Doppler resolution and sidelobe behavior.
- Model clutter and interference statistically and assess their impact on detection and measurement accuracy.
- Quantify measurement accuracy (range, Doppler, angle) and understand fundamental resolution limits.
Topics Covered
- Introduction and radar overview; signal and system models
- Review of linear systems, sampling, and Fourier analysis
- Matched filtering and pulse compression
- Waveform design and the ambiguity function
- Doppler processing, MTI, and pulse-Doppler radar
- Digital implementation considerations and FFT processing
- Detection theory and CFAR techniques
- Statistical models for clutter and interference
- Range and Doppler measurement accuracy and resolution
- Array processing and basic angle measurement (overview)
- Adaptive processing concepts and performance issues
- Practical implementation notes, examples, and end-of-chapter problems
Languages, Platforms & Tools
How It Compares
More DSP-focused than Skolnik's Introduction to Radar Systems (which is broader system-level); more analytical and less MATLAB-driven than Mahafza's Radar Signal Analysis and Processing, which emphasizes worked MATLAB examples.
