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In this paper a new algorithm for adaptive dynamic channel estimation for frequency selective time varying fading OFDM channels is proposed. The new algorithm adopts a new strategy that successfully increases OFDM symbol rate. Instead of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-09-23 Wessam M. Afifi , Hassan M. Elkamchouchi

Recently, as the drones have become smaller and smarter, they are emerging as new threats to the military and the public. To prevent the threats, the development of the radar to detect the small drones is needed. The frequency modulated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Junhyeong Park , Seungwoon Park , Do-Hoon Kim , Seong-Ook Park

A target recognition framework relying on near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems is proposed. By exploiting the distance-dependent spatial signatures provided by the near-field spherical wavefront, high-accuracy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Zongyao Zhao , Zhaolin Wang , Lincong Han , Jing Jin , Kaibin Huang

Motivated by future automotive applications, we study the joint target detection and parameter estimation problem using orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS), a digital modulation format robust to time-frequency selective channels.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-24 Lorenzo Gaudio , Mari Kobayashi , Giuseppe Caire , Giulio Colavolpe

Target parameter estimation in active sensing, and particularly radar signal processing, is a long-standing problem that has been studied extensively. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for target parameter estimation in cases where…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-10 Aria Ameri , Arindam Bose , Jian Li , Mojtaba Soltanalian

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar has several advantages with respect to the traditional radar array systems in terms of performance and flexibility. However, in order to achieve high angular resolution, a MIMO radar requires a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-01 Himali Singh , Arpan Chattopadhyay

Reliable detection, localization and identification of small drones is essential to promote safe, secure and privacy-respecting operation of Unmanned-Aerial Systems (UAS), or simply, drones. This is an increasingly challenging problem with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-26 Thakshila Wimalajeewa Wewelwala , Thomas W. Tedesso , Tony Davis

An ambiguity-free direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation scheme is proposed for sparse uniform linear arrays under low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and non-stationary broadband signals. First, for achieving better DOA estimation performance…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-06 Wei Wang , Shefeng Yan , Linlin Mao , Zeping Sui , Jirui Yang

The infrared small-dim target detection is one of the key techniques in the infrared search and tracking system. Since the local regions similar to infrared small-dim targets spread over the whole background, exploring the interaction…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Fangcen Liu , Chenqiang Gao , Fang Chen , Deyu Meng , Wangmeng Zuo , Xinbo Gao

In time-varying fading channels, channel coefficients are estimated using pilot symbols that are transmitted every coherence interval. For channels with high Doppler spread, the rapid channel variations over time will require considerable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Sandesh Rao Mattu , Lakshmi Narasimhan T , A. Chockalingam

We consider multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems with widely-spaced antennas. Such antenna configuration facilitates capturing the inherent diversity gain due to independent signal dispersion by the target scatterers. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-28 Ali Tajer , Guido H. Jajamovich , Xiaodong Wang , George V. Moustakides

Estimation in few-bit MIMO systems is challenging, since the received signals are nonlinearly distorted by the low-resolution ADCs. In this paper, we propose a deep learning framework for channel estimation, data detection, and pilot signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-27 Ly V. Nguyen , Duy H. N. Nguyen , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In recent years, orthogonal chirp-division multiplexing (OCDM) has been increasingly considered as an alternative multicarrier scheme, e.g., to orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, in digital communication applications. Among reasons…

Efficient 3D LiDAR point cloud compression (LPCC) and streaming are critical for edge server-assisted robotic systems, enabling real-time communication with compact data representations. A widely adopted approach represents LiDAR point…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Shengqian Wang , Chang Tu , He Chen

Drone-based target detection presents inherent challenges, such as the high density and overlap of targets in drone-based images, as well as the blurriness of targets under varying lighting conditions, which complicates identification.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Yuchen Zheng , Yuxin Jing , Jufeng Zhao , Guangmang Cui

Frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar is a promising sensor technology for indoor drones as it provides range, angular as well as Doppler-velocity information about obstacles in the environment. Recently, deep learning approaches…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-09 Ali Safa , Tim Verbelen , Ozan Catal , Toon Van de Maele , Matthias Hartmann , Bart Dhoedt , André Bourdoux

Detecting small targets in drone imagery is challenging due to low resolution, complex backgrounds, and dynamic scenes. We propose EDNet, a novel edge-target detection framework built on an enhanced YOLOv10 architecture, optimized for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Zhifan Song , Yuan Zhang , Abd Al Rahman M. Abu Ebayyeh

In this work, we present DCC(Deeper-yet-Compatible Compression), one enabling technique for real-time drone-sourced edge-assisted video analytics built on top of the existing codec. DCC tackles an important technical problem to compress…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Junpeng Guo , Chunyi Peng

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a recently proposed communication waveform for time-varying channel scenarios. As a chirp-based multicarrier modulation technique it can not only satisfy the needs of multiple scenarios in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-01 Jiajun Zhu , Yanqun Tang , Xizhang Wei , Haoran Yin , Jinming Du , Zhengpeng Wang , Yuqinng Liu

As radar sensors are being miniaturized, there is a growing interest for using them in indoor sensing applications such as indoor drone obstacle avoidance. In those novel scenarios, radars must perform well in dense scenes with a large…