Multi-mode Real-Time SAR On-Board Processing
Conference: EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/06/2016 - 06/09/2016 at Hamburg, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2016
Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Que, Russel; Ponce, Octavio; Baumgartner, Stefan V.; Scheiber, Rolf (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Microwaves and Radar Institute, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)
Abstract:
A novel distributed computer framework for onboard processing is presented. It enables real-time high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processing and multi-channel ground moving target indication (GMTI). To handle the different applications running on the onboard processor, a new scripting language was developed. The framework is capable of running algorithm implementations for multicore processing or graphical processing unit (GPU), e.g., fast-factorized back-projection (FFBP) and direct back-projection (DBP) algorithms . The software architecture of the framework and the operational modes as well as some applications are discussed in detail. Furthermore, first experimental results obtained with the framework are presented.