Adaptive digital beamforming for interference suppression in automotive FMCW radars

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of mutual interference between automotive radars. This problem is getting more attention with an increase in the number of radar systems used in traffic. An adaptive digital beamforming technique is presented here which suppresses the interference without the exact knowledge of the interfering signal's Direction of Arrival (DoA). The proposed technique is robust and does not rely on any calibration for the interference cancellation. The adaptive interference suppression method is evaluated using a simulated scenario. Up to about 20-23 dB improvement in the target Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) is measured in the simulation and a better detection performance is achieved using the proposed interference suppression technique.