Detecting drones and human beings with DVB-S based COTS passive radar for short-range surveillance
This work addresses the exploitation of Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite (DVB-S) signals as sources of opportunity for the surveillance of small targets in the proximity of critical infrastructures. A performance analysis has been carried out and it is reported to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed system. Then, a preliminary experimental validation is performed using data collected by means of a low cost COTS based multipolarimetric receiver to detect small and close targets, as drones and human beings.