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Single-Frame MIMO Radar Velocity Vector Estimation via Multi-Bounce Scattering
Radars are widely adopted for autonomous navigation and vehicular networking due to their robustness to weather conditions as compared to visible light cameras and lidars. However, radars currently struggle with differentiating static vs tangentially moving objects within a single radar frame since both yield the same Doppler along line-of-sight paths to the radar. Prior solutions deploy multiple radar or visible light camera modules to form a multi-“look” synthetic aperture for estimating the single-frame velocity vectors, to estimate tangential and radial velocity components of moving objects leading to higher system costs. In this paper, we propose to exploit multi-bounce scattering from secondary static objects in the environment, e.g., building pillars, walls, etc., to form an effective multi-“look” synthetic aperture for single-frame velocity vector estimation with a single multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) radar, thus reducing the overall system cost and removing the need for multi-module synchronization. We present a comprehensive theoretical and experiment evaluation of our scheme, demonstrating a $4.5 \times$ reduction in the error for estimating moving objects’ velocity vectors over comparable single-radar baselines.
期刊介绍:
The IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging will publish articles where computation plays an integral role in the image formation process. Papers will cover all areas of computational imaging ranging from fundamental theoretical methods to the latest innovative computational imaging system designs. Topics of interest will include advanced algorithms and mathematical techniques, model-based data inversion, methods for image and signal recovery from sparse and incomplete data, techniques for non-traditional sensing of image data, methods for dynamic information acquisition and extraction from imaging sensors, software and hardware for efficient computation in imaging systems, and highly novel imaging system design.