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Bi-alphabetic pulse compression radar signal design

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Ternary sequences have superior merit factors but they cannot be transmitted with existing technology. It is proposed that a ternary sequence be coded into a binary sequence for the purpose of transmission. On reception it can be processed as a binary sequence as received and also decoded into a ternary sequence. These two interpretations provide a coincidence detection scheme for efficient target detection provided that the corresponding signal design problem is solved. Such an algorithm is developed by taking the merit factor as desideratum and the Hamming scan as optimization technique. Merit factor values obtained in some cases are further improved by implementing a back-tracking algorithm for bi-alphabetic sequence.

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  1. Shadan College of Engineering & Technology, 500 008, Hyderabad, India

    I. A. Pasha

  2. National Geophysical Research Institute, 500 007, Hyderabad, India

    P. S. Moharir

  3. Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Villanova University, 19111, Villanova, PA, USA

    N. Sudarshan Rao

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Pasha, I.A., Moharir, P.S. & Rao, N.S. Bi-alphabetic pulse compression radar signal design. Sadhana 25, 481–488 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02703629

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