Virtual performance evaluation of automotive radar concepts in realistic traffic environments

Author

Sturm, C. ; Knorzer, S. ; Zwick, T. ; Wiesbeck, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron. (IHE), Univ. Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

206

Lastpage

209

Abstract

In this paper a simulation approach is presented, that allows for virtually investigating the performance of automotive radar systems regarding different system parameters. This is achieved by combining dedicated simulation models for the radar transmitter and receiver with a deterministic propagation simulator based on ray tracing. This approach is in particular suitable for investigating the capabilities of beamforming algorithms in radar systems with multiple antenna receivers. The configuration of the developed tool is explained in detail and the performance of different array configurations for classic digital beamforming and the MUSIC algorithm is evaluated.

Keywords

antenna arrays; radar receivers; radar transmitters; ray tracing; road vehicle radar; signal classification; MUSIC algorithm; array configurations; automotive radar concepts; beamforming algorithms; classic digital beamforming; deterministic propagation simulator; multiple antenna receivers; multiple signal classification; radar receiver; radar transmitter; ray tracing; realistic traffic environments; virtual performance evaluation; Array signal processing; Automotive engineering; Binary phase shift keying; Filters; Mathematical model; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Signal processing; Traffic control; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3385-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297496

Filename

5297496