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Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) greatly reduces sensitivity of radio observations to astrophysical signals and creates false positive candidates in searches for radio transients. Real signals are missed while considerable computational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-06 Joseph W. Kania , Kevin Bandura , Duncan R. Lorimer , Richard Prestage

We present two algorithms to identify and flag radio frequency interference (RFI) in radio interferometric imaging data. The first algorithm utilizes the redundancy of visibilities inside a UV cell in the visibility plane to identify…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Srikrishna Sekhar , Ramana Athreya

Frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar plays a pivotal role in the field of remote sensing. The increasing degree of FMCW radar deployment has increased the mutual interference, which weakens the detection capabilities of radars…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-18 Ziang Zhang , Guangzhi Chen , Youlong Weng , Shunchuan Yang , Zhiyu Jia , Jingxuan Chen

Contemporary real-time RFI mitigation is carried out at different stages primarily using regulatory and technical approaches. Regulatory approaches include spectrum management, radio quiet zones, and ensuring protection from self-generated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 Kaushal D. Buch , Ruta Kale , Kishor D. Naik , Ajithkumar B. , Thushara Gunaratne , N. Habana , Gregory Hellbourg , Jane Kaczmarek , L. Petrov , Cedric Viou , Benjamin Winkel

RFI mitigation is a critically important issue in radio astronomy using existing instruments as well as in the development of next-generation radio telescopes, such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). Most designs for the SKA involve…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 N. D. R. Bhat , J. M. Cordes , S. Chatterjee , T. J. W. Lazio

In the automotive sector, both radars and wireless communication are susceptible to interference. However, combining the radar and communication systems, i.e., radio frequency (RF) communications and sensing convergence, has the potential…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Canan Aydogdu , Musa Furkan Keskin , Nil Garcia , Henk Wymeersch , Daniel W. Bliss

Radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation is critical to the proper operation of ultra-wideband (UWB) radar systems since RFI can severely degrade the radar imaging capability and target detection performance. In this paper, we address…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-29 Tianyi Zhang , Jiaying Ren , Jian Li , Lam H. Nguyen , Petre Stoica

With its small size, low cost and all-weather operation, millimeter-wave radar can accurately measure the distance, azimuth and radial velocity of a target compared to other traffic sensors. However, in practice, millimeter-wave radars are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Lulu Liu , Runwei Guan , Fei Ma , Jeremy Smith , Yutao Yue

Contamination by Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is a ubiquitous challenge for radio astronomy. In particular, transient RFI is difficult to detect and avoid, especially in large data sets with many time bins. In this work, we present a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 Dominic Anstey , Samuel A. K. Leeney

Because of the denser active use of the spectrum, and because of radio telescopes higher sensitivity, radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation has become a sensitive topic for current and future radio telescope designs. Even if quite…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-03 Dumez-Viou Cédric , Weber Rodolphe , Ravier Philippe

Pulsar detection and timing experiments are applications where adaptive filters seem eminently suitable tools for radio-frequency-interference (RFI) mitigation. We describe a novel variant which works well in field trials of pulsar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Kesteven , G. Hobbs , R. Clement , B. Dawson , R. Manchester , T. Uppal

With increasing application of frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radars in autonomous vehicles, mutual interference among FMCW radars poses a serious threat. Through this paper, we present a novel approach to effectively and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-02 Abhilash Gaur , Po-Hsuan Tseng , Kai-Ten Feng , Seshan Srirangarajan

CMB-S4 will map the cosmic microwave background to unprecedented precision, while simultaneously surveying the millimeter-wave time-domain sky, in order to advance our understanding of cosmology and the universe. CMB-S4 will observe from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-04 Darcy R. Barron , Amy N. Bender , Ian E. Birdwell , John E. Carlstrom , Jacques Delabrouille , Sam Guns , John Kovac , Charles R. Lawrence , Scott Paine , Nathan Whitehorn

Radio frequency data in astronomy enable scientists to analyze astrophysical phenomena. However, these data can be corrupted by radio frequency interference (RFI) that limits the observation of underlying natural processes. In this study,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-08 Allen Chang , Mary Knapp , James LaBelle , John Swoboda , Ryan Volz , Philip J. Erickson

Electromagnetic radiation from human activities, known as man-made Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), adversely affects radio astronomy observations. In the vicinity of the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) array, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Kaushal D. Buch , Ruta Kale , Kishor D. Naik , Rahul Aragade , Mekhala Muley , Sanjay Kudale , Ajith Kumar B

We quantify the effect of radio frequency interference (RFI) on measurements of the 21-cm power spectrum during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Specifically, we investigate how the frequency structure of RFI source emission generates…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Michael J. Wilensky , Nichole Barry , Miguel F. Morales , Bryna J. Hazelton , Ruby Byrne

The 7.125-7.4 GHz band is attractive for next generation Terrestrial Network (TN) deployments owing to the large bandwidths available and favorable propagation characteristics. Furthermore, recent U.S. Presidential actions have cleared the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Md Toufiqur Rahman , Hariharan Venkat , Chung-Tse Michael Wu , Ivan Seskar , Narayan B. Mandayam

The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) is being upgraded to increase the receiver sensitivity. This makes the receiver more susceptible to man-made Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). To improve the receiver performance in presence of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Kaushal D. Buch , Kishor Naik , Swapnil Nalawade , Shruti Bhatporia , Yashwant Gupta , B Ajithkumar

We investigate characteristics of radio frequency interference (RFI) signals that can affect the excision potential of some interference mitigation algorithms. The techniques considered are those that modify signals from auxiliary reference…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-01 D. A. Mitchell , J. G. Robertson

Transient radio frequency interference (RFI) is detrimental to radio astronomy. It is particularly difficult to identify the sources of transient RFI, which is broadband and intermittent. Such RFI is often generated by devices like…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-03-08 Daniel Czech , Amit Mishra , Michael Inggs