Baseband Digital Signal Processing of Radar System

Abstract

We design and implement a radar system modeled in MATLAB, focusing on fundamental digital signal processing and communication techniques. This implementation will be capable of detecting and displaying multiple radar targets, including its range and azimuth angle from a particular view point on a ‘Green Screen’ user interface within MATLAB. This project consists of a number of subsections, with each section contributing to the final design of the system. After validation and successful simulation, the sections have been progressively integrated to build a fully operating system incorporating traditional radar techniques in order to fully understand the characteristics and requirements of a radar system. Using this framework, the techniques used in communication systems could possibly be used to build a better radar system and thus the benefits of powerful communication techniques such as CDMA and multiuser detection can start to be exploited in radar.