Evaluation of Real-Time Predictive Spectrum Sharing for Cognitive Radar

The growing demand for radio frequency (RF) spectrum access poses new challenges for next-generation radar systems. To operate in a crowded electromagnetic environment, radars must coexist with other RF emitters while maintaining system performance. This work evaluates the performance of a spectrum...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems 2021-02, Vol.57 (1), p.690-705
Main Authors: Kovarskiy, Jacob A., Kirk, Benjamin H., Martone, Anthony F., Narayanan, Ram M., Sherbondy, Kelly D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition
Cognitive radar
Communications systems
Emitters
Frequencies
Hidden Markov models
Nexrad
Performance evaluation
Performance prediction
Predictive models
Radar equipment
Radio frequency
Radio frequency interference
radio frequency interference (RFI)
Real time
Sensors
software defined
spectrum prediction
spectrum sharing
Stochastic models
Stochastic processes
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Summary:The growing demand for radio frequency (RF) spectrum access poses new challenges for next-generation radar systems. To operate in a crowded electromagnetic environment, radars must coexist with other RF emitters while maintaining system performance. This work evaluates the performance of a spectrum sharing cognitive radar system, which predicts and avoids RF interference (RFI) in real time. The system applies a cognitive perception-action cycle that senses RFI, learns RFI behavior over time, and adapts the radar's frequency band of operation. Through cognition, the system learns a stochastic model describing RF activity. This model allows the cognitive radar to predict RF activity in real time and share the spectrum with emitters, such as communication systems. A set of synthetic and measured interference signals are used to evaluate the performance of this predictive spectrum sharing scheme. This work assesses the impact of RFI on the cognitive radar's range profile with respect to variation in RF environment. The system demonstrates accurate avoidance of deterministic RFI with a degradation in spectrum sharing efficiency as variability over time increases.
ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.2020.3031766