High-Resolution Estimation of Ranges Using Multiple-Frequency CW Radar

Author

Urazghildiiev, Ildar ; Ragnarsson, Rolf ; Rydberg, Anders

Author_Institution

Lab. of Ornithology, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

Volume

8

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

339

Abstract

The problem of ranging multiple vehicles traveling at similar speeds using multiple-frequency continuous-wave (CW) radar is considered. A new method based on the compensation of vehicle movement and MUSIC-based time delay estimator is presented. The method is tested using a commercially available multiple-frequency CW radar sensor in real traffic situations. Test results show that the proposed method makes it possible to estimate the positions of two vehicles moving at similar speeds. Test results also demonstrate that under a given bandwidth, the multiple-frequency CW radar can provide about ten times higher resolution as compared with the coherent spread spectrum radar

Keywords

CW radar; delay estimation; road vehicles; traffic information systems; high-resolution estimation; multiple-frequency continuous-wave radar; range estimation; road vehicle movement compensation; time delay estimator; Bandwidth; Cameras; Delay effects; Doppler radar; Frequency; Radar measurements; Road vehicles; Signal resolution; Spread spectrum radar; Testing; Frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar; multiple-frequency CW radar; range estimation; road vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1524-9050

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITS.2007.895287

Filename

4220669