Hardware-Efficient Cognitive Radar: Multi-Target Detection with RL-Driven Transmissive RIS

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Autori principali: Umra, Adam, Ahmed, Aya Mostafa, Roth, Stefan, Sezgin, Aydin
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Umra, Adam
Ahmed, Aya Mostafa
Roth, Stefan
Sezgin, Aydin
author_facet Umra, Adam
Ahmed, Aya Mostafa
Roth, Stefan
Sezgin, Aydin
contents Cognitive radar has emerged as a key paradigm for next-generation sensing, enabling adaptive, intelligent operation in dynamic and complex environments. Yet, conventional cognitive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radars offer strong detection performance but suffer from high hardware complexity and power demands. To overcome these limitations, we develop a reinforcement learning (RL)-based framework that leverages a transmissive reconfigurable intelligent surface (TRIS) for adaptive beamforming. A state-action-reward-state-action (SARSA) agent tunes TRIS phase shifts to improve multi-target detection in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions while operating with far fewer radio frequency (RF) chains. Simulations confirm that the proposed TRIS-RL radar matches or, for large number of elements, even surpasses MIMO performance with reduced cost and energy requirements.
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spellingShingle Hardware-Efficient Cognitive Radar: Multi-Target Detection with RL-Driven Transmissive RIS
Umra, Adam
Ahmed, Aya Mostafa
Roth, Stefan
Sezgin, Aydin
Signal Processing
Cognitive radar has emerged as a key paradigm for next-generation sensing, enabling adaptive, intelligent operation in dynamic and complex environments. Yet, conventional cognitive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radars offer strong detection performance but suffer from high hardware complexity and power demands. To overcome these limitations, we develop a reinforcement learning (RL)-based framework that leverages a transmissive reconfigurable intelligent surface (TRIS) for adaptive beamforming. A state-action-reward-state-action (SARSA) agent tunes TRIS phase shifts to improve multi-target detection in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions while operating with far fewer radio frequency (RF) chains. Simulations confirm that the proposed TRIS-RL radar matches or, for large number of elements, even surpasses MIMO performance with reduced cost and energy requirements.
title Hardware-Efficient Cognitive Radar: Multi-Target Detection with RL-Driven Transmissive RIS
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14160