Indoor Target Localization Using Through-Wall Radar Based on the Time-Frequency Enhancement Algorithm

The use of Doppler through-wall radar (TWR) in the field of indoor target localization has attracted extensive attention due to its advantages in medium penetration, positioning accuracy, and strong anti-interference ability. However, in multitarget positioning, the echo signal consists of multiple...

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Published in:IEEE sensors journal 2024-10, Vol.24 (19), p.31357-31366
Main Authors: Peng, Yiqun, Ding, Minhao, Cao, Jiaxuan, Dongye, Guangxin, Ding, Yipeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Algorithms
Aliasing
Doppler effect
Doppler through-wall radar (TWR)
Feature extraction
Fourier transforms
Frequency distribution
Localization
Location awareness
Multiple target tracking
Radar equipment
radar signal processing
Sensors
short-time Fourier transform (STFT)
Signal resolution
time-frequency aliasing
Time-frequency analysis
time-frequency analysis (TFA)
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Summary:The use of Doppler through-wall radar (TWR) in the field of indoor target localization has attracted extensive attention due to its advantages in medium penetration, positioning accuracy, and strong anti-interference ability. However, in multitarget positioning, the echo signal consists of multiple components, leading to time-frequency aliasing in the time-frequency distribution (TFD) when using short-time Fourier transform (STFT) for time-frequency analysis (TFA). This aliasing complicates the accurate estimation of the target's instantaneous frequency (IF) curve, thus affecting the target positioning accuracy. To tackle these problems, we propose a time-frequency enhancement algorithm that obtains a highly concentrated TFD, suppressing time-frequency aliasing and noise, particularly for signals with intersecting or adjacent IF curves. The proposed method employs the time-frequency enhancement network (TFE-Net) to learn the time-frequency features of the real and imaginary parts of STFT results under different window lengths, resulting in a TFD without time-frequency aliasing and with concentrated time-frequency energy. Subsequently, the target IF curve is estimated from the enhanced TFD to achieve target tracking. Multitarget tracking experiments demonstrate that the proposed method, compared with existing methods, not only effectively suppresses time-frequency aliasing and improves time-frequency energy concentration but also enhances the radar system's positioning accuracy.
ISSN:1530-437X
1558-1748
DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2024.3431038