Signal Sensing, Design and Delivery for Electronic Warfare
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
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Publications
Butt F
(2021)
Crosstalk in modern software defined radio for the implementation of frequency modulated continuous wave radar
in IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation
D. Dhulashia
(2022)
Jamming Effects on Hybrid Multistatic Radar Network Range and Velocity Estimation Errors
in IEEE Access
Dizdar O
(2022)
Energy Efficient Dual-Functional Radar-Communication: Rate-Splitting Multiple Access, Low-Resolution DACs, and RF Chain Selection
in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Horne C
(2023)
Classification of LoRa Signals With Real-Time Validation Using the Xilinx Radio Frequency System-on-Chip
in IEEE Access
| Description | The work has given a better understanding of how sensors and communications can operate in an electromagnetically challenging environment (congested and contested). |
| Exploitation Route | Key publications inform how improved sensing and communication can be performed |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine |
| Description | The results are of value to Dstl and to industry |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Chair, Defence Science Expert Committeee (DSEC), Ministry of Defence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Advanced Electronic Surveillance DSP And ML Techniques |
| Amount | £67,700 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 09/2027 |
| Description | ICASE Studentship: Intelligent Multi-function RF Sensor Solutions |
| Amount | £4,800,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Leonardo MW Ltd. |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 09/2027 |
| Description | Intelligent Surveillance Trigger (IST) |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Leonardo / Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow in Intelligent Multi-Function RF Systems |
| Amount | £725,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 09/2028 |
| Description | PhD Advanced Electronic Surveillance DSP and ML Techniques |
| Amount | £67,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 09/2027 |
| Title | Multistatic Hybrid Radar Model |
| Description | This is a Python3 based application to model and analyse a hybrid multistatic radar system in contested environments. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Three journal papers have been written so far, based on this model and outcomes. |
| URL | https://github.com/UCLRadarGroup/MUSHRM |
| Title | Radar Waveforms Database for classification |
| Description | A dataset of radar waveforms transmitted from a FPGA RF system called the RFSoC developed by Xilinx. This dataset involves the transmit and reception of typical radar waveforms such as FMCW, Chirp LFM and phase coded waveforms such as Barker codes. The signals were varied in their Signal to Noise ratio, pulse length and chirp rate. The objective of this dataset was to create a input to a radar waveform classification algorithm. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The impact of generating this dataset was that jointly UCL and Imperial College London were able to compare classification techniques on real radar data instead of a simulated representation of radar data. This resulted in improved classification techniques that include the effects of transmitting a signal with amplifiers and antennas. |
| Description | Partner organisations |
| Organisation | Fraunhofer Society |
| Department | Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The project investigators have kept the partner organisations informed of any meetings that take place that consist of academic and industrial partners presenting research relevant to the field of Electronic Warfare. The project investigators have repeatedly presented ongoing research activities to representatives from the mentioned partner organisations. The project investigators have taken into account advice given from the technical experts that attend the research project meetings when planning future research activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner organisations have allowed personnel with the appropriate expertise to attend project meetings. The partner organisations have kept academic colleagues informed of the latest difficulties encountered and/or developments made in the field of Electronic Warfare. |
| Impact | The partner organisations have informed the project investigators of specific signal types, signal parameter variations and signal analysis tools to consider in the research. Some of these recommendations were not considered in the publications/reports found when performing a literature review on the research topic. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Partner organisations |
| Organisation | IBM |
| Department | IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The project investigators have kept the partner organisations informed of any meetings that take place that consist of academic and industrial partners presenting research relevant to the field of Electronic Warfare. The project investigators have repeatedly presented ongoing research activities to representatives from the mentioned partner organisations. The project investigators have taken into account advice given from the technical experts that attend the research project meetings when planning future research activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner organisations have allowed personnel with the appropriate expertise to attend project meetings. The partner organisations have kept academic colleagues informed of the latest difficulties encountered and/or developments made in the field of Electronic Warfare. |
| Impact | The partner organisations have informed the project investigators of specific signal types, signal parameter variations and signal analysis tools to consider in the research. Some of these recommendations were not considered in the publications/reports found when performing a literature review on the research topic. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Partner organisations |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Department | Thales UK Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The project investigators have kept the partner organisations informed of any meetings that take place that consist of academic and industrial partners presenting research relevant to the field of Electronic Warfare. The project investigators have repeatedly presented ongoing research activities to representatives from the mentioned partner organisations. The project investigators have taken into account advice given from the technical experts that attend the research project meetings when planning future research activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner organisations have allowed personnel with the appropriate expertise to attend project meetings. The partner organisations have kept academic colleagues informed of the latest difficulties encountered and/or developments made in the field of Electronic Warfare. |
| Impact | The partner organisations have informed the project investigators of specific signal types, signal parameter variations and signal analysis tools to consider in the research. Some of these recommendations were not considered in the publications/reports found when performing a literature review on the research topic. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Partner organisations |
| Organisation | University of Kansas |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The project investigators have kept the partner organisations informed of any meetings that take place that consist of academic and industrial partners presenting research relevant to the field of Electronic Warfare. The project investigators have repeatedly presented ongoing research activities to representatives from the mentioned partner organisations. The project investigators have taken into account advice given from the technical experts that attend the research project meetings when planning future research activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner organisations have allowed personnel with the appropriate expertise to attend project meetings. The partner organisations have kept academic colleagues informed of the latest difficulties encountered and/or developments made in the field of Electronic Warfare. |
| Impact | The partner organisations have informed the project investigators of specific signal types, signal parameter variations and signal analysis tools to consider in the research. Some of these recommendations were not considered in the publications/reports found when performing a literature review on the research topic. |
| Start Year | 2019 |