Since formulation of mathematical equations of electromagnetic wave propagation by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873, development in engineering disciplines based on applied electromagnetics have transgressed beyond the imaginations of mankind. Both radar and communication systems transmit and receive electromagnetic energy to extract meaningful information. The technology advancement in these fields has resulted in a wide range of products from every day cell phone to high resolution synthetic aperture radar mounted on a satellite with a wireless terrestrial link. Radar and wireless communication systems can be segregated into three main domains: Antennas, RF/Microwave front-ends and baseband signal processing. The Radar and wireless communication chapter primarily focuses on all these technologies. The endeavours is to provide a platform to scientists and engineers involved in related work to share their original ideas and solutions, so that indigenous development in these fields can be pursued. Papers are invited for the areas related to (but   not limited to) the following:

 

1. Radar performance measurement
2. Radar signal processing
3. Clutter modelling & cancellation
4. Tracking & identification
5. Cellular communication Systems
6. Wireless networks
7. Ultra wideband systems
8. Reconfigurable front ends & systems
9. Software defined radios
10. Millimeter and microwave circuits and systems
11. Microwave devices
12. Field analysis and guided waves
13. CAD techniques
14. Waveguides & planar structures
15. Power amplifiers
16. Phased array antennas
17. Smart antennas
18. Beam forming
19. MIMO antenna systems
20. Multimode antennas & RF systems

For 9^th IBCAST a special session would be on synthetic aperture radar (SAR)