Field-programmable gate array-based software-defined radio for millimetre-wave single-carrier transmission

Sobaihi, Khaled; Hammoudeh, Akram; Scammell, David

doi:10.1049/iet-net.2012.0037

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“…Moreover, for the real-time data logging and for effective FEM control, we employed a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) for the developed BEM. The FPGA has become an attractive solution with a good combination of high speed implementation features, along with flexibility for SDRs [16,17].…”

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Design and Implementation of 24 GHz Multichannel FMCW Surveillance Radar with a Software-Reconfigurable Baseband

2017

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We designed and developed a 24 GHz surveillance FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar with a softwarereconfigurable baseband. The developed radar system consists of transceiver, two selectable transmit antennas, eight parallel receive antennas, and a back-end module for data logging and to control the transceiver. The architecture of the developed radar system can support various waveforms, gain control of receive amplifiers, and allow the selection of two transmit antennas. To do this, we implemented the transceiver using a frequency synthesizer device and a two-step VGA (Variable Gain Amplifier) along with switch-controlled transmit antennas. To support high speed implementation features along with good flexibility, we developed a back-end module based on a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) with a parallel architecture for the real-time data logging of the beat signals received from a multichannel 24 GHz transceiver. To verify the feasibility of the developed radar system, signal processing algorithms were implemented on a host PC. All measurements were carried out in an anechoic chamber to extract a 3D range-Doppler-angle map and target detections. We expect that the developed software-reconfigurable radar system will be useful in various surveillance applications.

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Design and Implementation of 24 GHz Multichannel FMCW Surveillance Radar with a Software-Reconfigurable Baseband

2017

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“…Given this, many kinds of sensors such as radar, lidar, and camera are needed [1]. In particular, millimeterwave radar is useful in many automotive applications such as adaptive cruise control (ACC) and lane change assistance (LCA) regardless of bad weather such as rain and fog for detecting long and short range targets [2], [3]. Since automotive requirements are gradually increasing, automotive radar needs improved range resolution and maximum distance.…”

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Low-complexity Spectral Partitioning based MUSIC Algorithm for Automotive Radar

Kim¹,

Kim²,

Ju³

et al. 2017

ElAEE

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This paper proposes a low-complexity spectral partitioning (SP) based MUSIC algorithm for automotive radar. For short-range radar (SRR), the range accuracy and resolution of 24 GHz ISM band radar should be improved because the requirements of automotive sensing become more demanding over time. To improve the performance of range estimation, high resolution based algorithms such as the estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) and multiple signal classification (MUSIC) have been proposed. However, in a low signal-tonoise ratio (SNR), the high resolution algorithm shows degraded performance to estimate the parameters. To solve this problem, SP based high resolution algorithms have been studied recently. However, for real-time operation, the conventional SP method cannot be applied to automotive radar due to its high complexity. Therefore, a low complexity SP based MUSIC is designed to maintain the performance of the range accuracy and resolution in a low SNR environment. While the complexity of the proposed algorithm is less than the SP-MUSIC, Monte-Carlo simulation results and experimental results show that the estimation performance of the proposed method is similar to that of SP-MUSIC in terms of various parameters.

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“…Recently, with the needs of many radar applications outstripping the processing capabilities of digital signal processors, the use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) has become an attractive solution toward better compact dedicated processors [7], [8]. That is, FPGAs provide a good combination of high speed implementation features, along with flexibility.…”

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Parallel and Pipelined Hardware Implementation of Radar Signal Processing for an FMCW Multi-channel Radar

Hyun

Kim²,

Choi³

et al. 2015

ElAEE

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Ramp-sequence based frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar is effective in detecting the range and velocity of a target. However, because the target detection algorithm is based on a two-step fast Fourier transform (FFT) over several pulse-repetition intervals (PRIs), a significant amount of data must be processed in order to detect the range and velocity of target. In specific cases, when multiple channels must be supported in order to estimate the angle position of a target, even more hardware resources and memory, as well as longer processing times, are required. In this paper, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) based radar detection algorithm with a parallel and pipelined architecture is implemented in order to support the multi-channel processing of the algorithm, which includes range and Doppler processing, digital beam forming (DBF), and constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection. In order to effectively support the parallel and pipelined architecture, we propose a data-routing-schemed DBF and fine-grained DBF architecture. The results from implementation of the proposed hardware resources and processing times are also presented. The implemented radar sensor is installed on an experimental vehicle and is demonstrated in the field.

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Field-programmable gate array-based software-defined radio for millimetre-wave single-carrier transmission

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Design and Implementation of 24 GHz Multichannel FMCW Surveillance Radar with a Software-Reconfigurable Baseband

Design and Implementation of 24 GHz Multichannel FMCW Surveillance Radar with a Software-Reconfigurable Baseband

Low-complexity Spectral Partitioning based MUSIC Algorithm for Automotive Radar

Parallel and Pipelined Hardware Implementation of Radar Signal Processing for an FMCW Multi-channel Radar

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