EC En 564 Radar and Communication Systems
Fall Semester 2023
Reading and Lecture Schedule (subject to change -- last revised 7/2023)
| Day | Week | Topic | Chapter Reading |
| 1 | Class policies, Course preview, Intro. to Radar Systems (notes) | POMR 1; SC 1 | |
| 2 | Radar and communications systems: design and analysis | POMR 2; SC 3 | |
| 3 | Signal modeling, radar equation & link budget | POMR 3, 9; |
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| 4 | Radar cross section & clutter | POMR 3,5,6 | |
| 5 | Platform considerations and antennas | SC 2, Digital Modulation | |
| 6 | Modulation, matched filtering | POMR 8, 14, 20; SC 6 | |
| 7 | Radar resolution and demodulation | POMR 4; SC 7 | |
| F | 20 Oct (TBD) | Mid-term Exam (in class) | |
| 8 | Radar resolution & Doppler processing | POMR 13; SC 8 | |
| 9 | Detection | POMR 15; SC 8 | |
| 10 | CFAR | POMR 16 | |
| 11 | Doppler and MTI | POMR 17, SC 9, 12 | |
| 12 | Introduction to SAR | POMR 21 | |
| T | 21 Nov (TBD) | Draft Research Report Due | Bring 3 copies to class for peer review |
| 13 | Misc topics (note Friday instruction schedule on Tuesday 21 Nov) | ||
| W-F | 22-24 Nov | Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes on W) | |
| 14 | Monopulse radar and tracking systems | POMR 18,19 | |
| 15 | Beam-Forming and Space-Time Adaptive Processing | notes, SC 16 | 8 Dec (TBD) | Final Research Report Due | Provide printed copy and pdf |
| 6-13 Dec (TBD) | Class presentations | ||
| TH | 14 Dec | FINAL EXAM (2:30-5:30 p.m., CB406) |
Textbook codes:
POMR: Principles of Modern Radar (Richards)
SC: Satellite Communications (Roddy)
While homework is not graded, test questions are adapted from homework problems, so working the assigned homework is good preparation for the exams. Here are the home work assignments:
From POMR: 1.1-1..17; 2.1-2.3, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.18, 2.19; 3.1, 3.2, 3.4-3.6, 3.11-3.13; 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.11, 4.12; 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5; 6.1, 6.5-6.8, 6.10, 6.16, 6.22, 6.24; 7.1, 7.4, 7.6, 7.10; 8.1-8.5, 8.7, 8.9, 8.10, 8.13, 8.17, 8.18; 9.1-9.8, 9.14; 10.3; 11.1-11.3, 11.7, 11.12, 11.13; 12.1, 12.2, 12.4; 14.1-14.5, 14.9, 14.10, 14.13, 14.16, 14.18; 15.1, 15.3, 15.3, 15.5, 15.15-15.18; 16.1, 16.4; 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 17.6; 20:1-20.3
From SC: 1.2, 1.11; 3.1, 3.3; 4.1-4.8; 5.11, 5.16, 5.20; 6.1, 6.9. 6.12-6.14, 6.31; 9.2, 9.19;10.13-10.19; 12.1-12.38; 13.1, 13.5; 16.2, 16.3, 16.14-16.19
Selected problem solutions for Principles of Modern Radar and Satellite Communications are in the back of the book.
See Learning Suite contents for examples of student papers from prior years