Advanced Stationary Point Concentration Technique for Leakage Mitigation and Small Drone Detection With FMCW Radar

Abstract

With the increase in threats posed by small drones, the development of radars to detect such drones has become a key necessity. In earlier studies, we proposed the stationary point concentration (SPC) technique for small drone detection using frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar. The SPC technique is a novel approach for mitigating leakage, which is an inherent problem in FMCW radar. The SPC technique improves the signal-to-noise ratio of small drones by reducing the noise floor and provides accurate distance and velocity information of such drones. However, this technique has shortcomings in its realization. In this article, we present the drawbacks of this technique and propose an advanced SPC (A-SPC) technique. The proposed technique can overcome the drawbacks of the SPC technique while implementing the benefits of the SPC technique. The experimental results verify the proposed A-SPC technique and demonstrate its robustness and usefulness.