Multitarget Angle of Arrival Estimation Using Rotating mmWave FMCW Radar and Yolov3

Kumar, Abhinav (2023) Multitarget Angle of Arrival Estimation Using Rotating mmWave FMCW Radar and Yolov3. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23 (3). pp. 3173-3182. ISSN 1530-437X

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Abstract

It is still challenging to accurately localize unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a ground control station (GCS) using various sensors. The mmWave frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radars offer excellent performance for target detection and localization in harsh environments and low lighting conditions. However, the estimated angle of arrival (AoA) of targets in the captured scene is quite poor. This article focuses on improving AoA estimation by combining the cutting-edge machine learning (ML) algorithms with a mechanical radar rotor setup. An mmWave FMCW radar system is mounted on a programmable rotor to capture range-angle maps of targets at various locations. The range-angle images are then labeled and trained further with the Yolov3 algorithm. Subsequent testing reveals that for detected target objects, the centroid of the bounding boxes from the detected objects provides accurate AoA estimation with very low root mean square error (RMSE). The results show that the proposed approach outperforms traditional methods in terms of performance and estimation accuracy.

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IITH Creators:

IITH Creators	ORCiD
Kumar, Abhinav	http://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-6468-7054

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Angle of arrival (AoA); frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW); mmWave FMCW radars; root mean square error (RMSE) and Yolov3; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); Aircraft detection; Antenna arrays; Chirp modulation; Continuous wave radar; Direction of arrival; Frequency estimation; Frequency modulation; Learning algorithms; Learning systems; Mean square error; Millimeter waves; Object recognition; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar measurement; Receiving antennas; Rock mechanics; Signal detection; Tracking radar; Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); Aerial vehicle; Angle of arrival; Aoa (angleof-arrival); Chirp; Frequency modulated continous waves; Frequency modulated continuous wave; Frequency-modulated-continuous-wave radars; Millimeterwave communications; Mm-wave frequencies; Mmwave frequency modulated continuous wave radar; Radar detection; Root mean square error and yolov3; Root mean square errors; Unmanned aerial vehicle s; Object detection

Subjects:

Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering > Wireless Communication
Electrical Engineering > Automation & Control Systems

Divisions:

Department of Electrical Engineering

Depositing User:

Mr Nigam Prasad Bisoyi

Date Deposited:

22 Aug 2023 05:38

Last Modified:

22 Aug 2023 05:38

URI:

http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/11596