Title :
A target tracking method with a single antenna using time-reversal UWB radar imaging in a multi-path environment
Author :
Sakamoto, Takuya ; Sato, Toru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. & Comput. Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
UWB (Ultra Wide-Band) radar systems are promising imaging tools covering a variety of application fields including surveillance systems. UWB radar technology can provide advanced capabilities for current surveillance systems. An imaging algorithm for UWB radars, the TR (Time-Reversal) method enables high-resolution imaging in a multipath environment. Conventional TR methods have been applied to antenna array systems while our previous work proposed a TR method with a low-cost single antenna-based system. In this study, we propose a radar system with a single antenna on a vehicle in a multipath environment. This vehicle is assumed to get close to a moving target by adaptively tracking the target location. Some numerical simulation results show that the proposed low-cost system works well in a multi-path environment.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; radar imaging; search radar; surveillance; target tracking; ultra wideband radar; UWB radar technology; antenna array system; high resolution imaging; imaging tool; multipath environment; numerical simulation; single antenna; surveillance system; target location tracking; time-reversal UWB radar imaging; ultra wideband radar system; Imaging; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Ultra wideband radar; UWB radar; multipath; surveillance system; time-reversal;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651530