Research Article

Tracking of Noncooperative Airborne Targets Using ADS-B Signal and Radar Sensing

Table 2

Link budget analysis.

Receiver noise floor = −110.9 dBmReceived signal power = −105.9 dBm

Noise figure3 dBPeak transmit power+57 dBm
Bandwidth1 MHz basebandProcessing gain
(545 samples coherently integrated)
27.4 dB
Antenna gain
(omnidirectional)
0 dB
Assumed RCS0 dBsm
1/(4π)3−33.0 dB
1/(Range)4 (at 4.5 km)−146.1 dBm−4
Square of wavelength−11.2 dBsm

Signal-to-noise ratio, SNR = 5.0 dB