A method for operating a stepped frequency radar system is disclosed. The method involves performing stepped frequency scanning across a frequency range using frequency steps of a step size, the stepped frequency scanning performed using at least one transmit antenna and a two-dimensional array of receive antennas, changing at least one of the step size and the frequency range, and performing stepped frequency scanning using the at least one transmit antenna and the two-dimensional array of receive antennas and using the changed at least one of the step size and the frequency range.

A method includes determining a first time domain range, where the first time domain range is one of L time domain ranges, and transmitting a first radio signal in the first time domain range, where any one of the L time domain ranges partially overlaps at least one of the other L−1 time domain ranges, and an absolute value of a difference between time domain start positions of any two of the L time domain ranges is not less than a first threshold F, and is less than a time domain length of the first time domain range.

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method and/or apparatus involving frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar signals. As my be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, receiver circuitry is configured and arranged to receive a FMCW radar signal having an information signal embedded into a radar waveform, and to indicate a relationship in the FMCW radar signal between beat frequency magnitude and time delay. A filter processing circuit is configured and arranged to filter the information signal in the FMCW radar signal by applying a group delay function based on the relationship between beat frequency magnitude and time delay. Signal processing circuitry is configured and arranged to detect a remote object by using the filtered FMCW radar signal.

Disclosed are techniques for allocating resources for environment sensing. In an aspect, a base station transmits a first radar reference signal (RRS) on a first set of resources comprising first time resources, first frequency resources, first spatial resources, or any combination thereof, wherein the first set of resources is selected to enable a first user equipment (UE) to perform a first type of environment sensing, and transmits a second RRS on a second set of resources comprising second time resources, second frequency resources, second spatial resources, or any combination thereof, wherein the second set of resources is selected to enable a second UE to perform a second type of environment sensing, wherein the second set of resources is different from the first set of resources, and wherein the second type of environment sensing is different from the first type of environment sensing.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a radar device may transmit a combined frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar signal, wherein the combined FMCW radar signal comprises: a first FMCW radar chirp generated based at least in part on a first set of transmission parameter values; and a second FMCW radar chirp generated based at least in part on a second set of transmission parameter values, wherein a transmission parameter value of the second set of transmission parameter values is different than a corresponding transmission parameter value of the first set of transmission parameter values. The radar device may detect a radar target based at least in part on a received signal corresponding to the combined FMCW radar signal and perform an action based at least in part on detecting the radar target. Numerous other aspects are provided.

A system for radar interference mitigation, preferably including one or more transmitter arrays, receiver arrays, and/or signal processors, and optionally including one or more velocity sensing modules. A method for radar interference mitigation, preferably including transmitting a set of probe signals, receiving a set of reflected probe signals, and/or evaluating interference, and optionally including decoding the set of received probe signals and/or compensating for interference.

A radar sensor for motor vehicles, having a signal generator that is configured to generate a radar signal that contains a cyclically repeating sequence of N wave trains, where j=1, . . . , N, which are transmitted successively at time intervals T′.sub.c,j and which occupy respective frequency bands that differ from one another in terms of their center frequencies f.sub.c,j, wherein the relationship applicable to the time intervals T′.sub.c,j and the center frequencies f.sub.c,j is: T′.sub.c,j*f.sub.c,j=X, where the parameter X is constant.

According to certain embodiments, a method by a network node for linear chirp detection includes obtaining a first number, N, of samples of a signal. The samples are divided into at least a first group and a second group, where the first group includes a second number, D, of the samples of the signal and the second group includes a third number, N−D, of the samples of the signal. A correlation is performed between the first group of samples and the second group of samples to generate a resultant group of samples of the signal. Within the resultant group of samples, a peak value is identified in the frequency domain Based on at least one property associated with the peak value, it is determined whether there is a linear chirp within the signal.

A radar device comprises a radar circuit configured to transceive first radar signals that occupy a first frequency band and second radar signals that occupy a second frequency band. An antenna device of the radar device comprises a first set and a second set of antennas and is configured to selectively transduce the first radar signals via the first set and not via the second set and to selectively transduce the second radar signals via the second set and not via the first set. A processing device of the radar device detects from the first radar signals target reflections via first propagation channels and from the second radar signals target reflections via second propagation channels. The signal processing device jointly evaluates the target reflections via the first and second propagation channels to form a common virtual antenna array for determining an angular position of a target object.

Methods and systems for monitoring a health parameter in a person using a radar system are disclosed. A method involves performing stepped frequency scanning below the skin surface of a person using at least one transmit antenna and a two-dimensional array of receive antennas, the stepped frequency scanning being performed using frequency steps of a first step size, changing the first step size to a second different step size in response to a change in reflectivity of blood in a blood vessel of the person, performing stepped frequency scanning below the skin surface of the person using the second step size after the step size is changed from the first step size to the second step size, and outputting a signal that corresponds to a blood pressure level in the person in response to the stepped frequency scanning at the first step size and at the second step size.