Micro-Doppler Trajectory Estimation of Pedestrians Using a Continuous-Wave Radar

Abstract

Radar backscattering from human objects is subject to micro-Doppler modulations because of their flexible body articulations and complicated movement patterns, which can help identify the interested targets and provide valuable information about their motion dynamics. In this paper, a novel theoretical method to extract target micro-Doppler trajectories from continuous-wave radar echo is proposed with a united application of a modified high-order ambiguity function and an adaptive denoising technology. Through this method, multiple components corresponding to different target scattering parts and their micro-Doppler trajectories can be accurately extracted and estimated even in a time-varying low signal-to-noise ratio environment. Finally, a series of simulations is conducted to illustrate the validity and performance of the proposed techniques.