KoRaTo publications

2024

Towards Detecting Climate Change Effects With UAV-Borne Imaging Radars
I. Ullmann, C. Bonfert, A. Grathwohl, M. A. Lahmeri, V. Mustieles-Pérez, J. Kanz, E. Sterk, F. Bormuth, R. Ghasemi, P. Fenske, M. Villano, R. Schober, R. F. H. Fischer, G. Krieger, C. Damm, C. Waldschmidt and M. Vossiek

in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, Early Access, September 2024, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2024.3450015.

Single Baseline 3-D Structure Retrieval Using Radar with Wide Fractional Bandwidth Mounted on Drones
S. Kim, V. Mustieles Pérez, G. Krieger and M. Villano

Proc. EUSAR 2022: 14th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Munich, Germany, Apr. 2024, pp. 1255-1258.

Experimental Demonstration of UAV-Based Ultra-Wideband Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry
V. Mustieles-Perez, J. Kanz, C. Bonfert, A. Grathwohl, L. L. Lamberti, S. Kim, G. Krieger and M. Villano

Proc. EUSAR 2022: 14th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Munich, Germany, Apr. 2024, pp. 1156-1161.

Bistatic UAV-Based Repeater SAR for 3D Object Localization
J. Kanz, C. Bonfert, R. Riekenbrauck and C. Waldschmidt

Proc. EUSAR 2022: 14th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Munich, Germany, Apr. 2024, pp. 1144-1149.

Producing a Digital Elevation Model Using a Cluster of Small-Aperture SAR Satellites: An Airborne Demonstration
M. Nogueira Peixoto, G. Krieger, A. Moreira, C. Waldschmidt and M. Villano

Proc. EUSAR 2022: 14th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Munich, Germany, Apr. 2024, pp. 703-708.

A Novel Rotation-Based Standardless Calibration and Characterization Technique for Free-Space Measurements of Dielectric Material
A. Diepolder, M. Mueh, S. Brandl, P. Hinz, C. Waldschmidt and C. Damm

in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 56-68, January 2024, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2023.3340448.

2023

Energy-Aware Resource Allocation and Trajectory for UAV-Enabled ISAC
A. Khalili, A. Rezaei, D. Xu and R. Schober

Proc. IEEE Globecom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023.

Towards UAV-Based Multi-Baseline Interferometry for Accurate Digital Elevation Model Generation
V. Mustieles-Perez, J. Kanz, C. Bonfert, A. Grathwohl, L.L. Lamberti, S. Kim, G. Krieger and M. Villano

2023 Kleinheubach Conference, Miltenberg, Germany, Sep. 2023.

Towards UAV-Based Ultra-Wideband Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry
V. Mustieles-Perez, S. Kim, C. Bonfert, G. Krieger and M. Villano

2023 20th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Berlin, Germany, Sep. 2023, pp. 233-236, doi: 10.23919/EuRAD58043.2023.10289564.

Surface Clutter Analysis for Detectability Prediction of Buried Objects with a UAV-Based GPSAR
J. Kanz, A. Grathwohl and C. Waldschmidt

2023 20th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Berlin, Germany, Sep. 2023, pp. 221-224, doi: 10.23919/EuRAD58043.2023.10289492.

Potential of Multi-Static SAR Systems for Earth Monitoring and Their Demonstration Using Swarms of Drones
M. Villano, M. Nogueira Peixoto, S. Kim, V. Mustieles Perez, N. Ustalli, J. Mittermayer, T. Börner, G. Krieger and A. Moreira

IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023, pp. 4586-4589, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282166.

UAV-Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication: Opportunities and Challenges
K. Meng, Q. Wu, J. Xu, W. Chen, Z. Feng, R. Schober and A. L. Swindlehurst

in IEEE Wireless Communications, doi: 10.1109/MWC.131.2200442 (early access).

Self-Interference Leakage Estimation ‘N’ Cancellation Element: Design of an Active Self-Interference Cancellation Coupler
P. Fenske, A. Scheder, T. Koegel, K. Root, M. Vossiek and C. Carlowitz

in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 68-75, June 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3256380.

3D Printed Hemispherically Radiating Antenna for Broadband Millimeter Wave Applications
L. Engel, D. Khouri, K. Lomakin, A. Hofmann, M. Kleinlein, I. Ullmann, M. Vossiek, and G. Gold

in IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 4, pp. 558-570, May, 2023, doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2023.327909

Detection of Objects Below Uneven Surfaces With a UAV-Based GPSAR
A. Grathwohl, B. Arendt, T. Grebner and C. Waldschmidt

in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3271826.

Three-Dimensional Structure Inversion Through Wide Fractional Bandwidth, UAV-Based SAR Interferometry
S. Kim, V. Mustieles-Perez, G. Krieger and M. Villano

2023 24th International Radar Symposium (IRS), Berlin, Germany, May 2023, doi: 10.23919/IRS57608.2023.10172454.

UAV-Based Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar System and Applications
S. Baumgartner, L. Lamberti, S. Kim, T. Börner, V. Mustieles Pérez, M. Villano and G. Krieger

STRATUS Conference, Rochester, NY, USA, May 2023.

The Impact of Antenna Array Calibration Errors on MIMO and Multi-Channel Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging
J. Geiss, E. Sippel, M. Braunwarth and M. Vossiek

in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 635-654, April 2023, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2023.3254135.

UAV-Based Bistatic SAR-Imaging Using a Stationary Repeater
A. Grathwohl, B. Meinecke, M. Widmann, J. Kanz and C. Waldschmidt

in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 625-634, April 2023, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2023.3253667.

Comparison of Damping Approaches for AMP
E. Sterk, C. Sippel and R. F. H. Fischer

WSA & SCC 2023; 26th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas and 13th Conference on Systems, Communications, and Coding, Braunschweig, Germany, Feb. 2023

2022

Trajectory and Resource Optimization for UAV Synthetic Aperture Radar
M. -A. Lahmeri, W. Ghanem, C. Knill and R. Schober

IEEE Globecom Workshops: Workshop on Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 897-903, doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps56602.2022.10008658.

A Novel Approach for Modeling and Digital Generation of RF Signals Distorted by Bandlimited Phase Noise
P. Tschapek, G. Körner, P. Fenske, C. Carlowitz and M. Vossiek

in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 699-710, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2022.3188166

Taking a Look Beneath the Surface: Multicopter UAV-Based Ground-Penetrating Imaging Radars
A. Grathwohl , M. Stelzig , J. Kanz , P. Fenske , A. Benedikter, C. Knill , I. Ullmann , I. Hajnsek , A. Moreira , G. Krieger , M. Vossiek , C. Waldschmidt

IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 32-46, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2022.3188126.

Robust UAV-Borne Fully Digital MIMO OFDM Radar for the Generation of a Digital Elevation Model
F. Koderer, B. Schweizer, A. Grathwohl and C. Waldschmidt

2022 19th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Milan, Italy, Sep. 2022, pp. 21-24, doi: 10.23919/EuRAD54643.2022.9924985.

MirrorSAR Concept: Phase Synchronization Analysis
N. Ustalli, G. Krieger, J. Mittermayer, M. Villano, and C. Waldschmidt

Kleinheubacher Tagung, 2022-09-27 - 2022-09-29, Miltenberg, Germany