Collaborative Spectrum Allocation and Waveform Design for Radar Coexistence

Abstract

The emerging problem of automotive radars congestion is addressed in this work. Modern automotive radars handle this problem via randomization of the transmit signal parameters. Alternatively, frequency allocation methods lead to narrow-band radar operation and as a result, reduced range resolution. This work proposes to mitigate the mutual interference between radars, while optimizing the localization performance by collaborative spectrum allocation and waveform design. According to the proposed approach, the transmit energy is allocated across the entire available spectrum by minimization of the Weiss-Weinstein bound. The proposed spectrum allocation approach allows to avoid frequencies occupied by interfering radars and the use of the entire spectrum allows to achieve the maximal possible resolution.