After an introduction to the radar basics, as the propagation of electromagnetic waves, radar equation, polarimetry, analysis of Radar Cross Section (RCS) of targets, including RCS measurement, the present radar types were presented, as the CW-, FMCW-, pulse-, MTI-, mono-pulse-, and UWB-radar. These lessons were complemented by the waveform and radar parameter topics. The core part of the course was the presentation of the concepts for future radars, which will be significantly different from the state of the art radars, with system functions like digital beamforming, MIMO radar, intelligent signal coding (f.e. OFDM) and antenna array imaging for high resolution-small size radars. Typical radar antenna concepts for beam-forming, arrays, and phased-arrays were presented. Another core part of the course were some special radar applications, like automotive radar, ultra wideband radar, of course the Ground Penetrating Radar, through-the-wall radar, and finally the Synthetic Aperture Radar for imaging.

Coordinator of the Training School was Prof. Werner Wiesbeck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, WG Member of COST Action TU1208).Trainers were Prof. Werner Wiesbeck, Prof. Thomas Zwick (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), and Prof. Marwan Younis (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). Also, the Action Chair attended part of the school and presented COST and COST Action TU1208.

- Trainees attending the School in Karlsruhe and Prof. Wiesbeck,

in front of the monument of Heinrich Hertz -

Class Scheduling

Monday, 5 May 2014 - Introduction and basic theory