Extraction of Human Micro-Doppler Signature in an Urban Environment Using a “Sensing-Behind-the-Corner” Radar

Using an experimental coherent high-resolution X-band radar, we show that micro-Doppler signatures from one or more walking persons can be retrieved off the radar line of sight in a realistic urban environment. The off-sightline objects are illuminated by the radar wave multipath wall reflections. Velocity-time diagrams are created for specific walking targets using the short-time Fourier transform. Two scenarios are studied, with one and two persons, respectively, walking along a closed path.

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