Radar Server Beam Coordination for Bistatic TRP Interference Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bistatic and multi-static radars face challenges in wide adaptation due to the need for improved techniques to enhance their operation and implementation scenarios, primarily due to the separation of transmitter and receiver equipment, which can lead to self-interference issues.
Innovation Solution
A radar server is implemented within a wireless communications system to provide transmit and receive beam parameters to TRPs, configuring beams for radar operations, leveraging existing wireless communications infrastructure to mitigate self-interference and enable flexible bandwidth utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If transmitter and receiver are physically separated to mitigate self-interference, then self-interference is reduced, but device complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
A radar server is introduced as an intermediary component that receives radar requests from application functions, determines appropriate transmitter and receiver TRPs, and coordinates their operation. This mediator manages the complexity of coordinating physically separated transmitter and receiver equipment, allowing self-interference mitigation while maintaining system manageability through centralized control logic.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If transmitter and receiver are separated by distance comparable to target distance, then self-interference is avoided, but measurement precision and detection capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects different transmitter and receiver TRPs based on radar requests and target locations. Rather than using fixed distant TRPs that would reduce precision, the radar server can choose TRP pairs that optimize both separation for self-interference mitigation and proximity for measurement precision, adapting the configuration dynamically to operational requirements.
3Ease of manufacture
If existing wireless communications infrastructure is leveraged for radar operations, then ease of manufacture and deployment improve, but adaptability to different radar scenarios may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The radar server is designed to handle multiple types of radar operations (bistatic, multi-static, monostatic) and can allocate any TRP in the wireless communications network for radar functions. The system provides universal interfaces for different radar scenarios while leveraging the existing wireless infrastructure, achieving both ease of deployment and operational versatility through a unified multi-functional platform.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient radar operations by coordinating transmitter and receiver equipment, allowing for flexible utilization of bandwidth and leveraging existing wireless communications systems to perform radar functions, such as range, angle, and Doppler frequency estimation.
Implementation Method 1
configuring a transmit beam for sending a transmit signal from the first wireless communications TRP
Implementation Method 2
receiving, at the second wireless communications system TRP, an echo signal from one or more targets as a reflection of the transmit signal
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AI summary
A method for supporting radar operations may involve providing, from a radar server, one or more transmit beam parameters, over one or more wired or wireless interfaces, to a first wireless communications system Transmission Reception Point (TRP) for configuring a transmit beam for sending a transmit signal from the first wireless communications TRP. The method may further involve providing, from the radar server, one or more receive beam parameters, over one or more wired or wireless interfaces, to a second wireless communications system TRP for configuring a receive beam for receiving, at the second wireless communications system TRP, an echo signal from one or more targets as a reflection of the transmit signal. The first wireless communications system TRP and the second wireless communications system TRP may be part of a wireless communications system.