• DocumentCode
    1556478
  • Title

    Target Localization with a Single Sensor via Multipath Exploitation

  • Author

    Setlur, Pawan ; Smith, Graeme E. ; Ahmad, Fauzia ; Amin, Moeness G.

  • Author_Institution
    Radar Imaging Lab., Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA, USA
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1996
  • Lastpage
    2014
  • Abstract
    In urban sensing and through-the-wall (TTW) radar, the existence of targets inside buildings results in multipath returns. These multipath returns are exploited to achieve target localization with a single sensor. A time-of-arrival (TOA) wall association algorithm is derived to relate multipath returns to their respective walls and targets, followed by a nonlinear least squares (NLS) optimization to localize the targets. Simulations and experimental data are used to validate the proposed algorithms.
  • Keywords
    least squares approximations; optimisation; radar; sensors; time-of-arrival estimation; NLS optimization; TOA wall association algorithm; TTW radar; multipath exploitation; nonlinear least squares optimization; single sensor; target localization; through-the-wall radar; time-of-arrival wall association algorithm; urban sensing; Doppler effect; Geometry; Mathematical model; Radar; Reflection; Sensors; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2012.6237575
  • Filename
    6237575