Perimeter Surveillance Radar - Challenges To PSR

Challenges To PSR

Challenges to perimeter surveillance radar include high clutter area operations. In the range of frequencies used almost all objects return some reflection from the radar. So foliage presents both a barrier to the radar energy as well as an area in which it is difficult to detect a moving target due to the high signal return from the foliage. To a degree, Doppler based radars can detect movement in such areas, as long as the component of movement velocity towards or away from the radar is significant enough to generate a signal that overcomes the foliage return signal.

Integration with other systems typically involves security control room plots of target position and control of one or more cameras. In turn, the cameras may be daylight or thermal.