High-resolution signal processing techniques for through-the-wall imaging radar systems

Ahmet Serdar Turk*, Pinar Ozkan-Bakbak, Lutfiye Durak-Ata, Melek Orhan, Mehmet Unal

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Abstract

Through-the-Wall Imaging is an ever-expanding area in which processing time, scanning time, vertical, and horizontal resolutions have been tried to improve. In this study, several methods are investigated to obtain efficient reconstruction of through-the-wall imaging radar signals with high resolution. Microwave radar signals, which are produced in YTU Microwave Laboratory, are processed by compressive sensing (CS). B and C scanned reflection data samples collected between 1 and 7 GHz frequency band are taken randomly at 1/4, 1/2 of whole amount and reconstructed by CS method. Considering the signal structure, 10 and 20 compressible Fourier coefficients are taken through CS to analyze the difference between them. In addition, we applied synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processing, also combined with SAR-Multiple Signal Classification over raw data. Experimental performance results are given and shown in the figures with high quality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)855-863
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies
Volume8
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016

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© 2016 Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association.

Keywords

  • Compressive sensing
  • Ground penetrating radar
  • Multiple signal classification
  • Stepped frequency radar
  • Synthetic aperture radar
  • Through-the-wall imaging

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