Range prediction issues for doppler related range error elimination, experiment results

Doppler related range measurement error (velocity error) can make a major contribution to the systematic error in radars with linear-frequency modulation of a probing pulse. The velocity error can be eliminated by range prediction. It was difficult to apply this approach to radars with analogue signal processing due to lack of advanced computer aids. In radars with digital signal processing, the velocity error in range measurements is often eliminated by estimating Doppler frequency. This paper covers issues related to the elimination of the velocity error by range prediction without Doppler frequency estimation and presents the experiment results at surveillance radar.