Detection of human targets using ultra-wide band through-the-wall radar

Author

Feng, He ; Guofu, Zhu ; Xiaotao, Huang ; Zhimin, Zhou

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., NUDT, Changsha, China

fYear

2010

fDate

8-11 May 2010

Firstpage

1750

Lastpage

1753

Abstract

In this paper, an ultra-wide band (UWB) through-the-wall radar (TWR) prototype is described, and experiments are performed on detecting human targets behind wall. An adaptive background subtraction method is applied to signal processing to reduce clutter and antenna couplings. Range-time histories of an adult male person behind wall are presented for different locomotion states such as standing, marking time, and walking along cross-range direction.

Keywords

electromagnetic coupling; radar antennas; radar clutter; radar signal processing; radar target recognition; ultra wideband radar; adaptive background subtraction; antenna couplings; clutter; cross-range direction; human target detection; locomotion state; range-time history; signal processing; ultra-wide band through-the-wall radar; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive signal processing; Clutter; History; Humans; Prototypes; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar signal processing; Ultra wideband radar; Human target; Ultra-wide band (UWB); adaptive background subtraction; through-the-wall radar (TWR);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5705-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2010.5524834

Filename

5524834