A target detection method includes a radar apparatus that performs at least one interference sensing on a plurality of first time domain resources and determines a second time-frequency resource used for target detection in a first time-frequency resource based on a result of the at least one interference sensing. The first time domain resources are a subset of time domain resources corresponding to a time-frequency resource of a first detection apparatus, and the first time-frequency resource is the time-frequency resource of the first detection apparatus.

A method for low-interference operation of a plurality of radar sensors, which are installed in different vehicles and each emit a transmission signal in an operating range, which is characterized by at least one of the following parameters: frequency, coding, activity time window. Each radar sensor is assigned an operating range according to at least one degree of freedom of movement of the vehicle, in which the radar sensor is installed.

Example embodiments relate to methods and systems for implementing radar electronic support measure operations. A vehicle's processing unit may receive information relating to electromagnetic energy radiating in an environment of the vehicle that is detected using a vehicle radar system. The electromagnetic energy originated from one or more external emitters, such as radar signals transmitted by other vehicles. The processing unit may determine a spectrum occupancy representation that indicates spectral regions occupied by the electromagnetic energy and subsequently adjust operation of the vehicle radar system based on the spectrum occupancy representation to reduce or mitigate interference with the external emitters in the vehicle's environment. In some examples, the vehicle radar system may be switched to a passive receive-only mode to measure the electromagnetic energy radiating in the environment from other emitters.

A novel and useful radar sensor incorporating detection, mitigation and avoidance of mutual interference from nearby automotive radars. The normally constant start frequency sequence for linear large bandwidth FMCW chirps is replaced by a sequence of lower bandwidth chirps with start frequencies spanning the wider bandwidth and randomly ordered in time to create a pseudo random chirp hopping sequence. The reflected wave signal received is reassembled using the known hop sequence. To mitigate interference, the signal received is used to estimate collisions with other radar signals. If detected, a constraint is applied to the randomization of the chirps. The chirp hopping sequence is altered so chirps do not interfere with the interfering radar's chirps. Offending chirps are re-randomized, dropped altogether or the starting frequency of another non-offending chirp is reused. Windowed blanking is used to zero the portion of the received chirp corrupted with the interfering radar's chirp signal.

A method for processing signals of active sensor systems including processing an emitted signal to include at least one distinguishing feature, the emitted signal emitted by an active sensor system adapted to intercept a reflection of the emitted signal, and to analyze the reflection of the emitted signal for determining at least one parameter of at least one object located in a space, analyzing an intercepted portion to verify the at least one distinguishing feature in the intercepted portion, and processing the intercepted portion as the reflection of the emitted signal when the at least one distinguishing feature is verified.

A novel and useful system and method by which radar angle and range resolution are significantly improved without increasing complexity in critical hardware parts. A multi-pulse methodology is described in which each pulse contains partial angular and range information consisting of a portion of the total CPI bandwidth, termed multiband chirp. Each chirp has significantly reduced fractional bandwidth relative to monoband processing. Each chirp contains angular information that fills only a portion of the ‘virtual array’, while the full virtual array information is contained across the CPI. This is done using only a single transmission antenna per pulse, thus significantly simplifying MIMO hardware realization, referred to as antenna-multiplexing (AM). Techniques for generating the multiband chirps as well as receiving and generating improved fine range-Doppler data maps. A windowing technique deployed in the transmitter as opposed to the receiver is also disclosed.

A method for processing a radar signal is provided. The method may include receiving chirps of a radar signal, sampling the radar signal, dividing the samples that correspond to the chirp of the radar signal into at least two virtual chirps, and processing the radar signal based on the at least two virtual chirps. Also, a corresponding device is provided.

An RFID detector suitable for use in a passive RFID tag system that employs frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) operation obtains an indication of at least one characteristic of a CW RF signal employing a hopped-to carrier frequency that is being transmitted from an RFID tag reader, e.g., for use in activating the RFID tag to be located, the indication of the characteristic being obtained based on a signal that is received from a source other than the RFID detector. The RFID detector may use the obtained indication of the characteristic of the CW RF signal to determine at least one position related parameter for the RFID tag. A location, e.g., of the tag, of a group of tags, of the RFID detector, or of another RFID detector, may be determined based on the position parameter.

This application provides a signal detection method and apparatus, and a radar system, which may be applied to the internet of vehicles, intelligent vehicle, autonomous driving, or intelligent driving field. The signal detection method (700) includes: A first radar transmits a first sounding signal in a first time period of a first frame (710). The first radar transmits a second sounding signal in a second time period of the first frame (720). The first radar receives reflected signals corresponding to the first sounding signal and the second sounding signal (730). The first radar determines a false alarm target based on a difference between a first distance-velocity spectrum and a second distance-velocity spectrum (740). The second sounding signal is a signal obtained through first phase code modulation based on the first sounding signal. The signal detection method can be used to determine the false alarm target, and identify a real target, thereby improving a probability and reliability of detecting the correct target.

Certain aspects provide a method for radar detection by an apparatus. The method generally includes transmitting a radar waveform in sets of transmission time intervals (TTIs), using a common set of radar transmission parameters in each set of TTIs, to perform detection of a target object, varying at least one of the common set of radar transmission parameters between sets of TTIs, and identifying interfering signals based on observed changes in monitored parameters of received signals across sets of TTIs due to the varying.