MIMO OTFS With Arbitrary Time-Frequency Allocation for Joint Radar and Communications

This paper proposes a novel waveform, namely non-uniform OTFS (NU-OTFS), for joint radar and communication applications (Radcom) in multi-user/MIMO scenarios. Based on orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation, the proposed waveform is realized by using a non-uniform symplectic finite Fourier transform (NU-SFFT) to generate non...

Radar Sensing in Healthcare: Challenges and Achievements in Human Activity Classification & Vital Signs Monitoring

Driven by its contactless sensing capabilities and the lack of optical images being recorded, radar technology has been recently investigated in the context of human healthcare. This includes a broad range of applications, such as human activity classification, fall detection, gait and mobility analysis, and monitoring of vital signs such as...

Radar Perception for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey

The advent of consumer and industrial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, has opened business opportunities in many fields, including logistics, smart agriculture, inspection, surveillance, and construction. In addition, the autonomous operations of UAVs reduce risks by minimizing the time spent by human workers...

Radar sensing for human healthcare: Challenges and results

In this paper, radar sensing in the domain of human healthcare is discussed, specifically looking at the typical applications of human activity classification (including fall detection), gait analysis and gait parameters extraction, and vital signs monitoring such as respiration and heartbeat. A brief overview of open research challenges and...

An LSTM Approach to Short-range personnel recognition using Radar Signals

In personnel recognition based on radar, significant research exists on statistical features extracted from the micro-Doppler signatures, whereas research considering other domains and information such as phase is less developed. This paper presents the use of deep learning methods to integrate both phase and magnitude features from range...

Enabling Robust Radar-based Localization and Vital Signs Monitoring in Multipath Propagation Environments

Objective: Over the last two decades, radar-based contactless monitoring of vital signs (heartbeat and respiration rate) has raised increasing interest as an emerging and added value to health care. However, until now, the flaws caused by indoor multipath propagation formed a fundamental hurdle for the adoption of such technology in practical...

Validation of GPS by Ground Scanning Radar Generated with an on-board wide-angle FMCW radar for General Aviation

Many pilots in General Aviation use electronic add-ons aids in flight, which rely on satellite navigation information. This navigation information is often a single point of failure which is undesirable since the pilot relies on the information. This paper presents the results of research whether a novel mobile radar station can be used to...

Distributed Radar Information Fusion for Gait Recognition and Fall Detection

This paper discusses a fusion framework with data from multiple, distributed radar sensors based on conventional classifiers, and transfer learning with pre-trained deep networks. The application considered is the classification of gait styles and the detection of critical accidents such as falls. The data were collected from a network comprised...