A High-Precision Long Range Cooperative Radar System for Rail Crane Distance Measurement

Description

We present the implementation of a cooperative radar system on a rail crane for distance measurements in an industrial environment. The measurement approach is based on the dual-ramp frequency-modulated continuous-wave prinicple, using identical sensor-nodes at the endpoints of the range of interest. Pseudo-range information is exchanged via a dedicated data-link between these stations. At the sensor-node a flexible high-performance signal processing and remote management engine is implemented. The system setup is controlled by a single host-PC, which is used as a man-machine interface for configuration of the remotely controlled measurement stations, system surveillance, and visualization of the measurement data. On-site measurements at distances up to 1000 m with an accuracy better than 2 cm confirm the performance of the ranging system. Furthermore the results are verified by simulation.

Period	10 Oct 2014
Event title	Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2014 European
Event type	Conference
Location	ItalyShow on map