A study of UWB FM-CW radar for the detection of human beings in motion inside a building

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1297-1300

  Maaref, N ^a   Millot, P ^a   Pichot, Ch ^b   Picon, O ^c  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c National Centre of Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

Frequency modulated continuous wave (FM CW); Radar; Through the wall (TTW); Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; TRACKING RADAR; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING DETECTION; FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE RADARS; FREQUENCY SWEEP; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES; REAL MEASUREMENTS; STAND-OFF DISTANCE (SOD); THROUGH THE WALL; WALL ATTENUATION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR;

BUILDING; DETECTION METHOD; LOCOMOTION; RADAR; WALL;

EID: 67349170353     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2010709     Document Type: Article

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