A method of detecting multiple
radar targets based on joint
radar and communication using OTFS signals is provided. The method includes: generating a range-Doppler map (RDM) based on a first
delay-Doppler (DD) domain
signal and a second DD domain
signal, whereby a first
time domain signal is generated from an OTFS modulation based on the first DD domain signal and transmitted to multiple
radar targets, and the second DD domain signal is generated from an OTFS
demodulation based on a second
time domain signal received and reflected from the multiple radar targets from the first
time domain signal transmitted; and detecting a dominant radar target amongst the multiple radar targets based on the RDM. In particular, the method further includes, for each iteration of a plurality of iterations: modifying a correlation intermediate term associated with the RDM associated with the iteration based on the detected dominant radar target to obtain a modified correlation intermediate term, the correlation intermediate term relating to a
cyclic correlation between the first and second DD domain signals; modifying the RDM associated with the iteration based on the modified correlation intermediate term; and detecting a dominant radar target (i.e., a next dominant radar target) amongst the multiple radar targets based on the RDM modified based on the modified correlation intermediate term. There is also provided a corresponding
system for detecting multiple radar targets and a corresponding joint radar and communication
system for detecting multiple targets.