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Radio Frequency Interference Detection for Passive Remote Sensing Using Eigenvalue Analysis

Schoenwald, Adam J.·Kim, Seung-Jun·Mohammed, Priscilla N.
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Radio frequency interference (RFI) can corrupt passive remote sensing measurements taken with microwave radiometers. With the increasingly utilized spectrum and the push for larger bandwidth radiometers, the likelihood of RFI contamination has grown significantly. In this work, an eigenvalue-based algorithm is developed to detect the presence of RFI and provide estimates of RFI-free radiation levels. Simulated tests show that the proposed detector outperforms conventional kurtosis-based RFI detectors in the low-to-medium interference-to-noise-power-ratio (INR) regime under continuous wave (CW) and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) RFIs.

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Schoenwald, Adam J., Kim, Seung-Jun, Mohammed, Priscilla N.. 2017-07-23. Radio Frequency Interference Detection for Passive Remote Sensing Using Eigenvalue Analysis. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20170004854

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