Strategies for FMCW radars

Author

Bazzi, Ali ; Chonavel, Thierry ; Karnfelt, Camilla ; Péden, Alain ; Bodereau, Frantz

Author_Institution

Inst. TELECOM, Technopole Brest Iroise, Brest, France

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

111

Abstract

In this paper, we present a comparison of two strategies for FMCW radars. The potential presence of multiple targets implies using specific waveforms for beat frequencies association. Here, we compare performance of two such waveforms in terms of targets distance and velocity estimation. Our comparison, based on theoretical bounds derivation is validated by Monte Carlo simulations. In particular we show that Barankin variance bounds yields conclusions that are in good agreement with results of simulation experiments.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; Monte Carlo methods; target tracking; waveform analysis; Barankin variance bounds; FMCW radars; Monte Carlo simulations; beat frequencies association; theoretical bounds derivation; velocity estimation; Automatic control; Bandwidth; Chirp; Doppler radar; Face detection; Frequency; Parameter estimation; Radar detection; Telecommunications; Vehicle detection; Automatic Cruise Control (ACC); Barankin bound; FMCW; parameter estimation; radar vaweform; variance bounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications,(ITST),2009 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5346-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5347-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITST.2009.5399375

Filename

5399375