A MIMO radar signal processing device includes a plurality of matched filter banks to receive reception signals from a plurality of reception antennas and transmission signals from a plurality of transmission signal generating units and output matched filter outputs serving as vector elements of reception signal vectors, and a bidirectional angle measuring unit to obtain a bidirectional measured angle value constituted by a direction-of-departure and a direction-of-arrival in the reception signal vector of interest corresponding to a range Doppler cell given in target detection processing among the reception signal vectors for the matched filter outputs output from the plurality of matched filter banks.

Joint communication and sensing by a joint communication and sensing system in a wireless network is disclosed. A transmitter is arranged to transmit a first beam in a direction selected from a plurality of directions stored in a memory, where each direction corresponds to a direction of a respective remote device. The first beam comprises communication symbols to be communicated to the remote device in the direction during a communication session with the remote device. A reflection of the transmitted first beam is received via a receive antenna during the communication session, where the reflected first beam comprises the communication symbols. A position of one or more objects is identified based on a timing of transmission and receipt of the communication symbols in the transmitted first beam and the reflected first beam respectively and the sense symbols in the transmitted second beam and the reflected second beam respectively.

A system and method for locating radio-frequency identification tags within a predetermined area. The method can incorporate sub-threshold superposition response mapping techniques, alone, or in combination with other methods for locating radio-frequency identification tags such as but not limited to time differential on arrival (TDOA), frequency domain phase difference on arrival (FD-PDOA), and radio signal strength indication (RSSI). The system can include a plurality of antennas dispersed in a predefined area; one or more radio-frequency identification tags; a radio-frequency transceiver in communication with said antennas; a phase modulator coupled to the ra-dio-frequency transceiver; and a system controller in communication with said transceiver and said phase modulator. Calibration techniques can be employed to map con-structive interference zones for improved accuracy.

A passive radar comprises a reception antenna for a signal transmitted by a non-cooperative transmitter, the received signal comprising a static contribution related to propagation of the signal transmitted through a multi-path propagation channel and a dynamic contribution related to propagation of echoes of the transmitted signal from a moving target. The passive radar also comprises a reception chain that includes an analogue-digital converter capable of outputting a digitised signal, a moving target detection unit, a digitised signal processing unit configured to determine an estimation of the static contribution during a calibration phase of the passive radar, a transmission chain that can output an analogue signal representative of the estimation of the static contribution, and a directional coupler configured to output the signal received during the calibration phase of the passive radar to the reception chain.

Disclosed is a method of detecting a moving target by a target detecting apparatus. The method includes: acquiring radar data from a radar installed in a vehicle, extracting location coordinates of a moving target from the radar data, obtaining a line of a reflective surface on which a signal of the radar is reflected using location coordinates of a fixed object, determining whether the moving target is in a Line of Sight (LOS) area of the radar or in a Non Line of Sight (NLOS) area of the radar based on the location coordinates of the moving target and the line segment of the reflective surface, and based on determining that the moving target is in an area corresponding to the NLOS area of the radar, converting the location coordinates of the moving target into actual coordinates corresponding to an actual location of the moving target.

A MIMO radar signal processing device includes a plurality of matched filter banks to receive reception signals from a plurality of reception antennas and transmission signals from a plurality of transmission signal generating units, and output matched filter outputs serving as a vector element of a reception signal vector, a tentative angle measuring unit to assume the matched filter outputs from the plurality of matched filter banks as reception signals in a direct propagation mode and calculate a tentative measured angle value for a reception signal vector of interest, and a bidirectional angle measuring unit to obtain a bidirectional measured angle value for the reception signal vector of interest from the matched filter outputs from the plurality of matched filter banks and the tentative measured angle value calculated by the tentative angle measuring unit.

A method for operating a domestic appliance includes the steps of: receiving, by means of the domestic appliance, a radio signal from at least one radio transmission source; and determining, by means of the domestic appliance, information on surroundings of the domestic appliance by evaluating a temporal progression of an evaluation signal based on the radio signal and influenced by the surroundings of the domestic appliance. The radio signal is intended for transmission within a local radio network and/or complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard, the IEEE 802.154 standard, or the Bluetooth standard.

Methods, systems, and products determine electromagnetic reflective characteristics of ambient environments. A wireless communications device sends a cellular impulse and receives reflections of the cellular impulse. The cellular impulse and the reflections of the cellular impulse may be compared to determine the electromagnetic reflective characteristics of an ambient environment.

A system and method for locating radio-frequency identification tags within a predetermined area. The method can incorporate sub-threshold superposition response mapping techniques, alone, or in combination with other methods for locating radio-frequency identification tags such as but not limited to time differential on arrival (TDOA), frequency domain phase difference on arrival (FD-PDOA), and radio signal strength indication (RSSI). The system can include a plurality of antennas dispersed in a predefined area; one or more radio-frequency identification tags; a radio-frequency transceiver in communication with said antennas; a phase modulator coupled to the ra-dio-frequency transceiver; and a system controller in communication with said transceiver and said phase modulator. Calibration techniques can be employed to map con-structive interference zones for improved accuracy.

Methods, apparatus and systems for detecting and monitoring vital signs in real time are disclosed. In one example, a system for monitoring a repeating motion in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a repeating motion monitor. The transmitter is located at a first position in the venue and configured for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by the repeating motion of an object in the venue. The receiver is located at a second position in the venue and configured for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by the repeating motion of the object in the venue, and obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal. The repeating motion monitor is configured for: monitoring a periodic characteristics of the repeating motion of the object based on the time series of CI.