Project Background
Study Program
BSc. Communication and Information Engineering
Hochschule Rhein-Waal
Semester
Summer Semester 2015
Course
20-week Internship
Instructors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Becker (HSRW)
Dipl.-Ing. Reinhard Kulke (IMST GmbH)
Dr. Manfred Hägelen (IMST GmbH)
Publication
17th International Radar Symposium (IRS), 2016
DOI: 10.1109/IRS.2016.7497317
Introduction
Traditionally, radar is used to detect targets and indicate targets’ range, hence “RAdio Detection And Ranging (RADAR)”.
However, researches indicate that radar can also be used in classification of moving targets through observing the micro-Doppler signatures of the returned signal. This new classification and identification method could provide ground surveillance under a wide range of weather and lighting conditions, as well as high privacy standards and low false alarm rate.
The objective of this project is to explore the potential of using radar as a remote sensor for security and perimeter protection applications, as well as to develop algorithms to extract motion parameters of a person or another target from radar data.
Why micro-Doppler radar?
- security and perimeter protection under a wide range of weather and lighting conditions
- high privacy standards
- low false alarm rate