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This paper presents a system for robust, large-scale topological localisation using Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) scanning radar. We learn a metric space for embedding polar radar scans using CNN and NetVLAD architectures…
Automotive mmWave radar has been widely used in the automotive industry due to its small size, low cost, and complementary advantages to optical sensors (e.g., cameras, LiDAR, etc.) in adverse weathers, e.g., fog, raining, and snowing. On…
Target classification is an important task of automotive radar systems. In this work, a concept for estimating the height of vehicles to allow for a differentiation between passenger cars, trucks, and others, is presented and discussed.…
By multiplexing information symbols in the delay-Doppler (DD) domain, orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) is a promising candidate for future wireless communication in high-mobility scenarios. In addition to the superior communication…
Combining unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with through-the-wall radar can realize moving targets detection in complex building scenes. However, clutters generated by obstacles and static objects are always stronger and non-stationary, which…
In this paper, we report on the development progress of correlation-based optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR). Substituting the direct detection receiver with a coherent receiver enables to extract the phase and polarization…
Spinning, frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars with 360 degree coverage have been gaining popularity for autonomous-vehicle navigation. However, unlike `fixed' automotive radar, commercially available spinning radar systems…
Accurate targets detection and tracking with mmWave radar is a key sensing capability that will enable more intelligent systems, create smart, efficient, automated system. This paper proposes an end-to-end detection-estimation-track…
This work presents a 340-GHz frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) pulse-Doppler radar. The radar system is based on a transceiver module with about one milli-Watt output power and more than 30-GHz bandwidth. The front-end optics…
Target localization based on frequency diverse array (FDA) radar has lately garnered significant research interest. A linear frequency offset (FO) across FDA antennas yields a range-angle dependent beampattern that allows for joint…
Visual object tracking is one of the major challenges in the field of computer vision. Correlation Filter (CF) trackers are one of the most widely used categories in tracking. Though numerous tracking algorithms based on CFs are available…
Learning robust radar perception models directly from real measurements is costly due to the need for controlled experiments, repeated calibration, and extensive annotation. This paper proposes a lightweight simulation-to-real (sim2real)…
In radar systems, high resolution in the Doppler dimension is important for detecting slow-moving targets as it allows for more distinct separation between these targets and clutter, or stationary objects. However, achieving sufficient…
We report precision atmospheric spectroscopy of $CO_2$ using a laser heterodyne radiometer (LHR) calibrated with an optical frequency comb. Using the comb-calibrated LHR, we record spectra of atmospheric $CO_2$ near 1572.33 nm with a…
Pairing coherent correlation OTDR with low-complexity analysis methods, we investigate the detection of fast temperature changes and vibrations in optical fibers. A localization accuracy of ~2 m and extraction of vibration amplitudes and…
In this paper, we propose a radar odometry structure that directly utilizes radar velocity measurements for dead reckoning while maintaining its ability to update estimations within the Kalman filter framework. Specifically, we employ the…
We studied a target tracking algorithm based on millimeter-wave (MMW) radar in an autonomous driving environment. Aiming at the cluster matching in the target tracking stage, a new weighted feature similarity algorithm is proposed, which…
In the maintenance of optical fiber networks, there is a growing demand for high-precision measurement of optical loss distribution and fault locations over long distances. In this study, we propose an OCDR method incorporating periodic…
We demonstrate an experimental phase optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) system capable of simultaneous detection and classification of various environmental events, such as wind-induced fiber movement, vehicle movement, and audio…
In distributed fiber-optic sensing based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR), Doppler frequency shifts due to the changes of disturbances during one sweep period introduce demodulation errors that accumulate along both the…