Indoor Operations by FMCW Millimeter Wave SAR Onboard Small UAS: A Simulation Approach

A dedicated system simulator is presented in this paper for indoor operations onboard small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) by a novel millimeter wave radar sensor. The sensor relies on the principle of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applied to a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar system...

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Published in:Journal of sensors 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-13
Main Authors: Scannapieco, Antonio Fulvio, Moccia, Antonio, Renga, Alfredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Background radiation
Behavior
Data processing
Indoor
Millimeter waves
Onboard
Radar
Sensors
Simulation
Synthetic aperture radar
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Summary:A dedicated system simulator is presented in this paper for indoor operations onboard small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) by a novel millimeter wave radar sensor. The sensor relies on the principle of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applied to a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar system. Input to the simulator are both design parameters for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which should be able to cope with the stringent requirements set by indoor operations, and information about platform navigation and observed scene. The scene generation task is described in detail. This is based on models for point target response on either a completely absorbing background or fluctuating background and ray tracing (RT) techniques. Results obtained from scene processing are finally discussed, giving further insights on expected results from high-resolution observation of an assigned control volume by this novel SAR sensor.
ISSN:1687-725X
1687-7268
DOI:10.1155/2016/4968476