Performance analysis of cooperative FMCW radar distance measurement systems

Author

Scheiblhofer, Stefan ; Schuster, Stefan ; Jahn, Martin ; Feger, Reinhard ; Stelzer, Andreas

Author_Institution

Christian Doppler Laboratory for Integrated Radar Sensors, Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, A-4040, Austria

fYear

2008

fDate

15-20 June 2008

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

124

Abstract

In recent years, cooperative frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar based ranging and positioning systems attained significant attraction. In this paper, we present a novel analysis approach of the performance of these incoherent systems, with a special focus set on phase noise effects. We show the behavior in different signal to noise ratio conditions and compare two competing evaluation concepts. The results are verified on real measurement data, taken with a prototype ranging system in the 5.8 GHz ISM band.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; distance measurement; phase noise; radar applications; radar signal processing; ISM band; cooperative frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar; distance measurement systems; frequency 5.8 GHz; phase noise effects; Distance measurement; Doppler radar; Frequency synchronization; Noise shaping; Passive radar; Performance analysis; Phase noise; Radar measurements; Radio frequency; Transponders; FMCW radar; distance measurement; incoherent receiver; phase noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1780-3

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633118

Filename

4633118