RADAR CABLE DETECTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A process for separating ground clutter from signals echoed by a cable in the flight path of an aircraft having a radar system, comprising:
- encoding a transmitted pulse wave in the radar system with at least one transmit (TX) coding sequence, so that received signals echoed by a cable on which the pulse is incident and associated ground clutter are orthogonal or separable from one another;
altering the TX coding sequence into two receive (RX) coding sequences one of which corresponds to the cable and the other to the ground clutter; and
correlating the two RX coding sequences with the received signals, thereby separating received signals echoed by the cable from the associated ground clutter.
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Abstract
Ground clutter is effectively separated from true signals echoed by a cable in the flight path of an aircraft, by encoding a transmitted pulse wave in a radar system with at least one transmit (TX) coding sequence, so that received signals echoed by the cable on which the pulse is incident and associated ground clutter are orthogonal or separable from one another. The TX coding sequence is altered into two receive (RX) coding sequences one of which corresponds to the cable and the other to the ground clutter. The two RX coding sequences are then correlated with the received signals, thereby separating the true signals echoed by the cable from the associated ground clutter.
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1. A process for separating ground clutter from signals echoed by a cable in the flight path of an aircraft having a radar system, comprising:
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encoding a transmitted pulse wave in the radar system with at least one transmit (TX) coding sequence, so that received signals echoed by a cable on which the pulse is incident and associated ground clutter are orthogonal or separable from one another; altering the TX coding sequence into two receive (RX) coding sequences one of which corresponds to the cable and the other to the ground clutter; and correlating the two RX coding sequences with the received signals, thereby separating received signals echoed by the cable from the associated ground clutter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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