IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
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Accurate Doppler Velocity Estimation by Iterative WKD Algorithm for Pulse-Doppler Radar
Takumi HAYASHITakeru ANDOShouhei KIDERA
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2022 Volume E105.B Issue 12 Pages 1600-1613

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In this study, we propose an accurate range-Doppler analysis algorithm for moving multiple objects in a short range using microwave (including millimeter wave) radars. As a promising Doppler analysis for the above model, we previously proposed a weighted kernel density (WKD) estimator algorithm, which overcomes several disadvantages in coherent integration based methods, such as a trade-off between temporal and frequency resolutions. However, in handling multiple objects like human body, it is difficult to maintain the accuracy of the Doppler velocity estimation, because there are multiple responses from multiple parts of object, like human body, incurring inaccuracies in range or Doppler velocity estimation. To address this issue, we propose an iterative algorithm by exploiting an output of the WKD algorithm. Three-dimensional numerical analysis, assuming a human body model in motion, and experimental tests demonstrate that the proposed algorithm provides more accurate, high-resolution range-Doppler velocity profiles than the original WKD algorithm, without increasing computational complexity. Particularly, the simulation results show that the cumulative probabilities of range errors within 10mm, and Doppler velocity error within 0.1m/s are enhanced from 34% (by the former method) to 63% (by the proposed method).

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