Carleton University · ELEC 4600

Radar and Navigation

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Surveillance radar: radar equation, minimum detectable signal, pulse integration, cross-section fluctuations, PRF, range ambiguities, staggered PRF. MTI radars: coherent operation, delay Line cancellers, FFT. Radio navigation: lines of position, NDB, VOR, DME, ILS. GPS: orbits, pseudo-ranges, position determination, GDOP, ionosphere. Geoide, coordinate frames.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department.
  • Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis 3 hours alternate weeks.
Reference text in its original language

Surveillance radar: radar equation, minimum detectable signal, pulse integration, cross-section fluctuations, PRF, range ambiguities, staggered PRF. MTI radars: coherent operation, delay Line cancellers, FFT. Radio navigation: lines of position, NDB, VOR, DME, ILS. GPS: orbits, pseudo-ranges, position determination, GDOP, ionosphere. Geoide, coordinate frames.

  • Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department.
  • Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis 3 hours alternate weeks.

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