Common burst for pulse compression radar

1. A method, the method comprising:

determining a first burst for a first range using a pulse compression radar system, wherein the first burst comprises one or more first transmission frames;

determining a second burst for a second range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein the second burst comprises one or more second transmission frames, wherein the first range is different than the second range; and

transmitting a common burst for the first range and the second range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein the common burst includes the one or more first transmission frames and the one or more second transmission frames, wherein at least one common transmission frame is included in the one or more first transmission frames and included in the one or more second transmission frames, wherein the at least one common transmission frame is transmitted once with the common burst.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more second transmission frames include at least one transmission frame that is not included in the one or more first transmission frames.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a third burst for a third range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein the third burst comprises one or more third transmission frames; and

transmitting a common burst for the first range, the second range, and the third range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein the common burst includes the one or more first transmission frames, the one or more second transmission frames, and the one or more third transmission frames.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first range and the second range respectively represent an area proximate to the pulse compression radar system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first range is longer than the second range, and wherein the first burst is composed of a greater number of transmission frames than the second burst.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first transmission frames and the one or more second transmission frames respectively include one or more chirp signals.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the common burst maximizes a dwell count for the pulse compression radar system.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a pulse compression on one or more received signals corresponding to the common burst;

processing an output of the pulse compression that corresponds to the first range using a first processing pipeline of the pulse compression radar system; and

processing an output of the pulse compression that corresponds to the second range using a second processing pipeline of the pulse compression radar system.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the pulse compression comprises performing a correlation on the one or more received signals corresponding to the common burst.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first processing pipeline comprises a first frame combiner, and wherein the second processing pipeline comprises a second frame combiner.

11. A pulse compression radar system, the system comprising:

a digital signal processor configured to:

determine a first burst for a first range, wherein the first burst comprises one or more first transmission frames;

determine a second burst for a second range, wherein the second burst comprises one or more second transmission frames, wherein the first range is different than the second range; and

an antenna configured to:

transmit a common burst for the first range and the second range, wherein the common burst includes the one or more first transmission frames and the one or more second transmission frames, wherein at least one common transmission frame is included in the one or more first transmission frames and included in the one or more second transmission frames, wherein the at least one common transmission frame is transmitted once with the common burst.

12. The pulse compression radar system of claim 11 , wherein the first range and the second range respectively represent an area proximate to the pulse compression radar system.

13. The pulse compression radar system of claim 11 , wherein the first range is longer than the second range, and wherein the first burst is composed of a greater number of transmission frames than the second burst.

14. The pulse compression radar system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more first transmission frames and the one or more second transmission frames respectively include one or more chirp signals.

15. The pulse compression radar system of claim 11 , wherein the digital signal processor comprises:

a pulse compressor configured to perform pulse compression on one or more received signals corresponding to the common burst;

a first processing pipeline configured to process an output of the pulse compressor that corresponds to the first range; and

a second processing pipeline configured to process an output of the pulse compressor that corresponds to the second range.

16. The pulse compression radar system of claim 15 , wherein the first processing pipeline comprises a first frame combiner, and wherein the second processing pipeline comprises a second frame combiner.

17. A method comprising:

determining a first burst for a first range using a pulse compression radar system, wherein the first burst comprises one or more first transmission frames;

determining a second burst for a second range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein the second burst comprises one or more second transmission frames, wherein the first range is different than the second range;

determining a third burst for a third range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein the third burst comprises one or more third transmission frames, wherein the third range is different than both the first range and the second range; and

transmitting a common burst for the first range, the second range, and the third range using the pulse compression radar system, wherein:

the common burst includes the one or more first transmission frames, the one or more second transmission frames, and the one or more third transmission frames;

at least one first common transmission frame is included in the one or more first transmission frames, the one or more second transmission frames, and the one or more third transmission frames;

at least one first semi-common transmission frame is included in the one or more second transmission frames and the one or more third transmission frames;

the at least one first common transmission frame and the at least one semi-common transmission frame are each transmitted once with the common burst.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

performing a pulse compression on one or more received signals corresponding to the common burst;

processing an output of the pulse compression that corresponds to the first range using a first processing pipeline of the pulse compression radar system;

processing an output of the pulse compression that corresponds to the second range using a second processing pipeline of the pulse compression radar system; and

processing an output of the pulse compression that corresponds to the third range using a third processing pipeline of the pulse compression radar system.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein performing the pulse compression comprises performing a correlation on the one or more received signals corresponding to the common burst.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more first transmission frames define a frame range that does not overlap with any other of the one or more first transmission frames, and wherein each of the one or more second transmission frames define a frame range that does not overlap with any other of the one or more second transmission frames.