Antenna Element Space Interference Cancelling Radar for Angle Estimations of Multiple Targets

Abstract

This paper focuses on estimating the angle and size of different-sized targets using a radar system that estimates the angles of trucks, vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. The problem is that the presence of a sidelobe from the larger target degrades the accuracy of estimating the angle and size of the smaller target in multiple target detection. In this paper, a novel scheme, called antenna element space interference cancelling (AIC), is proposed for reducing the influence of the sidelobe. The performance of the proposed AIC radar system was evaluated through both computer simulations and experiments. The simulation results show that the proposed AIC radar system can estimate the angles of smaller targets within a 1-degree error, and the size estimation error is 1 dB. The experimental results also show that the proposed AIC radar is effective in detecting smaller targets that cannot be detected with traditional methods due to the sidelobes of larger targets.

Keywords

• FMCW radar
• millimeter-wave
• antenna element space interference cancelling
• MIMO
• sidelobe influence
• angle estimation