Title :
Multistatic FMCW radar for collision avoidance applications, optimization of the antenna configuration and improvement of the data processing
Author :
Steenstra, H.T. ; Muller, F.L. ; Swart, P.J.F.
Author_Institution :
Delft University of Technology, department of Information Technology and Systems, International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar (IRCTR), Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands. Tel: 31 (0)15-278 7365, Fax: 31 (0)15-278 4
Abstract :
A multistatic FMCW RADAR system with 2 transmit and 2 receive antennas is to be used to avoid collisions of autonomous guided vehicles used in the Rotterdam harbour. It turns out that in this application data interrogation is `cheaper´ than data association.
Keywords :
Collision avoidance; Data processing; Ellipsoids; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radio propagation; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1999. 29th European
Conference_Location :
Munich, Germany
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1999.338397
