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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 6, June 1999

Ultrawide-Band Noise Radar in the VHF/UHF Band

Page 1080.

Abstract:

A radar that transmits continuous band-limited random noise is considered. The target impulse response is constructed from the cross correlation of the received signal with the transmitted noise signal. The system uses a fixed-length delay line and relies on the target movement through the range gate. Range profiles of different automobiles are measured with this system and used in a target recognition example.

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