Wide-Band Range-Doppler Processing for FMCW Systems

Thomas Wagner, Reinhard Feger, Andreas Stelzer

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Abstract

A common task in signal processing for frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar systems is the estimation of range and relative velocity of objects. The often used range-Doppler processing is based on a 2D-fast Fourier transform (FFT) to estimate the power spectrum. Therefore, it is limited by the ambiguities in range- and velocity-estimation. Setups that extend the unambiguous regions by shorter ramps and faster sampling are often demanding due to hardware constraints. To overcome the velocity ambiguities and relax the hardware constraints, a more comprehensive wide-band range-Doppler algorithm is presented in this paper. Unlike the conventional 2D-FFT based range-Doppler processing, the presented principle allows the use of very broadband sweeps. Such sweeps allow the extension of the unambiguous region without requiring shorter ramps.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRadar Conference (EuRAD), 2013 10th European
Pages160-163
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2013

Fields of science

  • 202019 High frequency engineering
  • 202029 Microwave engineering
  • 202033 Radar technology

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing

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