TEK5150 – Radar - Systems and Signal Processing
Course description
Course content
The course gives an introduction to how a radar functions, and especially to the digital signal processing used in modern systems. The most important processes for the radar’s performance will be covered, including propagation and reflection of electromagnetic radiation, the radar equation, waveforms, array antennas, Doppler processing, and detection theory. Through exercises using modern numerical tools, you will gain practical experience with numerical methods for digital signal processing and calculation of radar performance.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you:
- Know how radar is built and understand the principles of behavior.
- Have a basic understanding of how radar signals propagate through a medium, and the mechanisms for signal reflection from the target and unwanted reflections, known as "clutter".
- Understand the basic signal processing carried out on a radar.
- Can estimate the performance of a radar?based on parameters provided, for example at what distance the radar will be able to detect targets of a given size.
- Are able to assess what type of radar is suitable for which task, that is, choice of waveforms, frequency bands, etc.
- Can use numerical tools to calculate radar performance and to simulate the signal processing in a radar.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course is based on basic mathematics, including calculations with complex numbers, basic Fourier analysis, and probability theory. The exercises are based on modern numerical tools, such as Python, MATLAB, Octave, IDL?or similar, and students with no experience with at least one such tool must expect extra effort here.
Individual courses that provide useful background knowledge, but are not necessary in order to benefit from the course, are MAT1100 – Calculus, MAT1110 – Calculus and Linear Algebra, MAT-INF1100 – Modelling and Computations, INF1100 – Introduction to programming with scientific applications (continued)?and FYS1120 – Electromagnetism.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with TEK9150 – Radar - Systems and Signal Processing (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK4361 – Radar - systems and signal processing (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK9361 – Radar - systems and signal processing (continued).
- 8 credits overlap with UNIK4360 – Radar (continued).
- 8 credits overlap with UNIK9360 – Radar (continued).
Teaching
The teaching includes 2?hours of lectures and 1 hour of exercises each week throughout the semester.?The distribution of lectures and exercises may vary during?the semester.
One mandatory assignment must be approved before you can sit?the final exam.
Examination
Final oral exam which counts 100% towards?the final grade.?In case of many students, the?final exam may be written.
One mandatory assignment must be approved before you can sit?the final exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:?TEK9150 – Radar - Systems and Signal Processing (discontinued), UNIK4361 – Radar - systems and signal processing (continued), UNIK9361 – Radar - systems and signal processing (continued)
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed for the oral exam. If the exam will be written, in case of?a large number of students, an approved calculator?(only in Norwegian) may be used.
Language of examination
Subjects taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English. You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.