Optimizing communication in TMA for radar

International audienceA Time Modulated Array (TMA) based technique is used to simultaneously do a radar function in the main lobe and a communication function in the side lobes. It uses an averaging to do the radar function, while the communication is done with the variation from an intermediary pattern to another. An optimization of the secondary function (communication) is carried out. The QAM communication is optimized for the case of STMA. © 2016 IEEE