EC En 564 Radar and Communication Systems
Fall Semester 2009
Reading and Lecture Schedule (subject to change -- last revised 6/19/2009)
| Day | Date | Topic | Chapter Reading |
| WF | 31 Aug-4 Sept | Class policies, Course preview, Intro. to Radar Systems (notes) | FR 1; SC 1 |
| WF | 9-11 Sept | Radar and communications systems: design and analysis | FR 1; SC 3 |
| MWF | 14-18 Sept | Signal modeling, radar equation & link budget | FR 2; SC 3, 4, 5 |
| MWF | 21-25 Sept | Radar cross section & clutter | FR 2 |
| MWF | 28 Sep-2 Oct | Platform considerations and antennas | SC 2 |
| MWF | 5-9 Oct | Modulation, matched filtering | FR 3, 4; SC 6 |
| MWF | 12-16 Oct | Radar resolution and demodulation | FR 4; SC 7 |
| MWF | 19-23 Oct | Radar resolution & Doppler processing | FR 5; SC 8 |
| MW | 26-28 Oct | Detection | RS 6; SC 8 |
| F | 30 Oct | Mid-term Exam (in class) | |
| MWF | 2-6 Nov | CFAR | FR 7 |
| MWF | 9-13 Nov | Doppler and MTI | FR 5 |
| MWF | 16-20 Nov | Introduction to SAR | FR 8 |
| WF | 25-27 Nov | Monopulse radar and tracking systems | |
| Th-F | 22-23 Nov | Holiday | |
| MWF | 30 Nov-4 Dec | Beam-Forming and Space-Time Adaptive Processing | FR 9 |
| MW | 7-9 Dec | Class presentations | |
| F | 18 Dec. | FINAL EXAM (11-2 p.m.) |
FR: Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (Richards)
SC: Satellite Communications (Roddy)
Selected problem solutions for Satellite Communications are in the back of the book.