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Hauptverfasser: Moulin, François De Saint, Thiran, Guillaume, Craeye, Christophe, Vandendorpe, Luc, Oestges, Claude
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09258
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author Moulin, François De Saint
Thiran, Guillaume
Craeye, Christophe
Vandendorpe, Luc
Oestges, Claude
author_facet Moulin, François De Saint
Thiran, Guillaume
Craeye, Christophe
Vandendorpe, Luc
Oestges, Claude
contents Radar targets are traditionally modelled as point target reflectors, even in the near-field region. Yet, for radar systems operating at high carrier frequencies and small distances, traditional radar propagation models do not accurately model the scatterer responses. In this paper, a novel electromagnetic-based model is thus developed for the multistatic radar detection of a rectangular plate reflector in the near-field region. This model is applied to an automotive scenario, in which a linear antenna array is spread out at the front of a vehicle, and performs a radar measurement of the distance to the back of the vehicle ahead. Based on the developed received signal model, the maximum likelihood estimator of the range is designed. By exploiting the near-field target model, this estimator is shown to provide a significant gain with respect to traditional range estimators. The impact of the system and scenario parameters, i.e. the carrier frequency, bandwidth and distance to the target, is furthermore evaluated. This analysis shows that the radar resolution in the near-field regime is improved at high carrier frequencies, while saturating to the traditional bandwidth-dependent resolution in the far-field region.
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spellingShingle Near-Field EM-Based Multistatic Radar Range Estimation
Moulin, François De Saint
Thiran, Guillaume
Craeye, Christophe
Vandendorpe, Luc
Oestges, Claude
Signal Processing
Radar targets are traditionally modelled as point target reflectors, even in the near-field region. Yet, for radar systems operating at high carrier frequencies and small distances, traditional radar propagation models do not accurately model the scatterer responses. In this paper, a novel electromagnetic-based model is thus developed for the multistatic radar detection of a rectangular plate reflector in the near-field region. This model is applied to an automotive scenario, in which a linear antenna array is spread out at the front of a vehicle, and performs a radar measurement of the distance to the back of the vehicle ahead. Based on the developed received signal model, the maximum likelihood estimator of the range is designed. By exploiting the near-field target model, this estimator is shown to provide a significant gain with respect to traditional range estimators. The impact of the system and scenario parameters, i.e. the carrier frequency, bandwidth and distance to the target, is furthermore evaluated. This analysis shows that the radar resolution in the near-field regime is improved at high carrier frequencies, while saturating to the traditional bandwidth-dependent resolution in the far-field region.
title Near-Field EM-Based Multistatic Radar Range Estimation
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09258