Radar Target Detection aided by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Abstract
In this work, we consider the target detection problem in a sensing architecture where the radar is aided by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), that can be modeled as an array of sub-wavelength small reflective elements capable of imposing a tunable phase shift to the impinging waves and, ultimately, of providing the radar with an additional echo of the target. A theoretical analysis is carried out for closely- and widely-spaced (with respect to the target) radar and RIS and for different beampattern configurations, and some examples are provided to show that large gains can be achieved by the considered detection architecture.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.00768,
title = {Radar Target Detection aided by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces},
author = {Stefano Buzzi and Emanuele Grossi and Marco Lops and Luca Venturino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.00768},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Accepted with Minor revisions on the IEEE Signal Processing Letters; updated version with supplementary material provided