General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRT-25-0541
Direction
DRT
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
Distributed Passive Radar
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Our objective is to detect and locate drones entering an urban area to be protected by observing the signals emitted by cellular stations. Studies have shown that it is possible to locate a drone if it is close to the listening system and the cellular station (i.e. the base station). When the situation is more complex (i.e. there is no direct path between the cellular station and the radar or in the presence of several transmitting cellular stations causing a high level of interference), a single listening system called passive radar cannot correctly detect and locate the drone. To overcome these difficult conditions, we wish to distribute or deploy in the area to be protected a set of low-complexity passive radars which optimally exploit the signals emitted by these cellular stations. A distribution and deployment strategy for passive radars must then be considered by taking into account the positions of the transmitting cellular stations. The possibility of exchanging information between passive radars must also be considered in order to better manage interference linked to cellular stations.
University / doctoral school
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
ROSSON Patrick
patrick.rosson@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSYS//LS2PR
17, rue des martyrs
DRT/LETI/DSYS/STCS
38054 Grenoble
0438785894
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
En savoir plus
https://www.leti-cea.fr/cea-tech/leti/english/Pages/Applied-Research/Facilities/telecommunications-platform.aspx