Resource management of synthetic aperture radar in a mobile device

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a mobile communication device, causes the at least one processor to carry out a method of producing a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of a target, the method being performed by a mobile communication device and comprising:

• causing a SAR image process to be performed, wherein the SAR image process comprises a plurality of SAR process actions comprising:
• obtaining SAR data by operating a transceiver of the mobile communication device to receive reflections of a radar signal transmitted at each of a plurality of different positions of the mobile communication device relative to the target;
• and
• producing the SAR image from the SAR data,
• wherein causing the SAR image process to be performed comprises:
• causing the mobile communication device to perform a first set of the SAR process actions;
• and
• causing the one or more nodes in a network to perform a second set of the SAR process actions,
• wherein allocation of the SAR process actions between the first set of the SAR process actions and the second set of the SAR process actions is based on (505) an evaluation of one or more criteria.

An apparatus for producing a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of a target, the apparatus being comprised in a mobile communication device and the apparatus comprising:

• circuitry configured to cause a SAR image process to be performed, wherein the SAR image process comprises a plurality of SAR process actions comprising:
• obtaining SAR data by operating a transceiver of the mobile communication device to receive reflections of a radar signal transmitted at each of a plurality of different positions of the mobile communication device relative to the target;
• and
• producing the SAR image from the SAR data,
• wherein the circuitry configured to cause the SAR image process to be performed comprises:
• circuitry configured to cause the mobile communication device to perform a first set of the SAR process actions;
• and
• circuitry configured to cause the one or more nodes in a network to perform a second set of the SAR process actions,
• wherein allocation of the SAR process actions between the first set of the SAR process actions and the second set of the SAR process actions is based on an evaluation of one or more criteria.