IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
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Two-Dimensional Target Location Estimation Technique Using Leaky Coaxial Cables
Kenji INOMATATakashi HIRAIYoshio YAMAGUCHIHiroyoshi YAMADA
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2008 Volume E91.B Issue 3 Pages 878-886

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This paper presents a target location estimation method that can use a pair of leaky coaxial cables to determine the 2D coordinates of the target. Since convention location techniques using leaky coaxial cables can find a target location along the cable in 1D, they have been unable to locate it in 2D planes. The proposed method enables us to estimate target on a 2D plane using; 1) a beam-forming technique and 2) a reconstruction technique based on Hough transform. Leaky coaxial cables are equipped with numerous slots at regular interval, which can be utilized as antenna arrays that acts both as transmitters and receivers. By completely exploiting this specific characteristic of leaky coaxial cables, we carried out an antenna array analysis that performs in a beam-forming fashion. Simulation and experimental results support the effectiveness of the proposed target location method.

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