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Ghost Target Analysis and Compression in FMCW Radars
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0009-0005-1529-4130
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0423-9927
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3707-2780
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6643-312X
2025 (English)In: Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This paper addresses the parameters that affect multiple interacting Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave radars, which can cause mutual interference. Multiple parallel chirp radars can shape ghost targets in the Range-Doppler plane as a unique case of mutual interference. In a real-world scenario, the carrier frequencies of the two radars are not synchronized. Therefore, the ghost will occupy a significant portion of the Range-Doppler plane, which can reduce the quality and clarity of the target signature and increase the false alarm in the detection process. By synchronizing two radars at the frame level, it has been tried to capture the ghost target's highest interfering condition and identify the radar circuit's influencing parameters on the chirp parallelization. This synchronizing FMCW radar system can minimize ghost targets and reduce mutual interference through a frequency-shifting algorithm that compresses the ghost targets. The result is an effective strategy for improving radar system precision and reliability in manageable environments with multiple interacting radar systems, which is crucial for future applications like autonomous vehicles and surveillance. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025.
Series
IEEE International Conference on Radar (RADAR), ISSN 1097-5764, E-ISSN 2640-7736
Keywords [en]
FMCW, Ghost target, Interference mitigation, mmWave, Parallel chirps, Radar, Synchronization, Chirp modulation, Continuous wave radar, Doppler effect, Frequency modulation, Radar interference, Radar target recognition, FMCW radar, Mm waves, Mutual interference, Parallel chirp, Range doppler, Target analysis, Target compressions
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Signal Processing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-28474DOI: 10.1109/RADAR52380.2025.11031928Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105009403087ISBN: 9798331539566 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-28474DiVA, id: diva2:1988269
Conference
2025 IEEE International Radar Conference, RADAR 2025, Atlanta, May 3-9, 2025
Available from: 2025-08-11 Created: 2025-08-11 Last updated: 2025-11-19Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Interference Mitigation in FMCW Radars: Adaptive Methods for Automotive Applications
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Interference Mitigation in FMCW Radars: Adaptive Methods for Automotive Applications
2025 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Radar interference has become a serious and multifaceted issue for the automotive industry due to the rapid growth of Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) sensors in modern vehicles. The dense deployment of radar sensors led to mutual jamming effects and, therefore, can be considered as a form of radio pollution. Fortunately, FMCW radar, by modulating information over both time and frequency domains simultaneously, benefits from multiple degrees of freedom for the separation of multiple transceived signals. However, in the absence of a common standard for sensor manufacturers, the interference effect is still a challenge. This research addresses the interference issue in FMCW radar by developing extensions for the existing solutions and technology. We focus our research on time domain processing using a Two Dimensional (2D) Autoregressive (AR) model, which is employed for estimation and reconstruction of affected parts of the signal. The 2D sampling technique was able to model the signal in a smaller regression window size with the same accuracy compared to the One Dimensional (1D) counterpart model. Further, the developed AR was equipped with dynamic sampling and sample substitution techniques to be able to act as an adaptive mitigator for various interference patterns in radar data. The designed mitigator was applied to several experimental signals collected from practical vehicle maneuvers to evaluate its mitigation performance. Results validated the capability of the Two Dimensional Autoregressive (2DAR) mitigator for recovering the detected signal towards its original form. In the second part of this work, the challenging problem of synchronization of multiple radars is studied for generating a controllable interfered signal and also developing a multi-radar measurement platform. However, a fully synchronized scenario demands an advanced and customized design, but with a simple frame-level synchronization, many aspects and capabilities of current radar sensors could be identified in this study. The framelevel synchronization led to the generation of a semi-controllable spread ghost target, which was later focused by the proposed compensation technique. Eventually, the ghost generation and compression processes are introduced as a possible solution for interference in limited environments.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlskrona: Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2025. p. 114
Series
Blekinge Institute of Technology Licentiate Dissertation Series, ISSN 1650-2140 ; 2025: 09
Keywords
FMCW, mmWave, radar, Interference, Mitigation, Autoregressive, 2D, Synchronization
National Category
Signal Processing
Research subject
Systems Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:bth-28861 (URN)978-91-7295-519-6 (ISBN)
Presentation
2025-12-12, G340, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, 09:00 (English)
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Available from: 2025-11-19 Created: 2025-11-19 Last updated: 2026-03-19Bibliographically approved

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