Author_Institution :
H.E. Microwave, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Recently, a “Side Zone” automotive radar, also known as the Side Detection System (SDS), has been introduced. The radar has a significant amount of signal processing aimed at tracking targets, estimating ground speed, and rejecting clutter. Introductory papers give an overview of the radar including performance requirements, requirements analysis, architecture design, signal processing, block diagrams, and test result summaries. This paper is primarily concerned with, and expands on, the signal processing techniques used in the SDS radar. Also, the method of waveform generation is described in detail, as it is intricately related to the radar signal processing
Keywords :
Doppler radar; Kalman filters; chirp modulation; radar clutter; radar resolution; radar signal processing; radar tracking; remote sensing by radar; road vehicle radar; Kalman filter; alarm criteria; discrimination criteria; estimating ground speed; performance requirements; range resolution; rejecting clutter; remote sensing; side detection system; side zone automotive radar; signal processing; tracking targets; waveform generation; wide azimuth beam antennas; Automotive engineering; Performance analysis; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Signal processing; Target tracking;
