Application of Reed-Müller coded complementary waveforms to target tracking

Abstract

Intolerance to Doppler is a typical rationale for non-implementation of complementary waveforms in radar systems. However, it is known that by careful scheduling of the waveforms this problem can effectively be overcome[1]. This paper extends the ideas [2] for significantly improving Doppler performance in specific Doppler ranges by arranging the transmission of multiple copies of the complementary waveforms according to the pattern of first order Reed-Müller codes. Here we illustrate the scheduling of these sequences of complementary waveforms in the context of tracking. We provide both a theoretical analysis of the Doppler response of waveform sequences constructed in this way and for this application, and computer simulations of a scheduling algorithm which deliveries superior performance for the tracking of an accelerating target.