Indoor human detection by using quasi-MIMO Doppler radar

Abstract

MIMO technique can improve system performance not only communication system but also radar system. In this paper, we propose a quasi-MIMO Doppler radar for indoor human detection. In the indoor measurements, multipath reflections by wall, floor, and furniture, often make human detection difficult. Doppler filtering is introduced to remove these undesired response and extract radar echoes by human in motion before target detection. Also virtual array technique based on the Khatri-Rao matrix product is introduced in the MIMO radar detection. Experimental results are reported to shown performance improvement especially in angular resolution.