Simulative Prediction of the Interference Potential Between Radars in Common Road Scenarios

This paper provides qualitative and quantitative values for the received interference power at the antenna ports of automotive radars as well as the probability of their occurrence for actual and future, not yet measurable traffic scenarios on main roads. The influence of the environment, the road traffic behavior, and the radar penetration rate for a defined antenna configuration can be observed. The basis for the analyses are ray-tracing based simulations in order to achieve adequate predictions for the received power levels due to multipaths. The results show that for a radar penetration rate of 100%, the difference between the strongest overall incoherent received interference power level and the level that is received in 90% of the time is up to 7 dB, dependent on the antenna placement and the environment.

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