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Radar Target Detection Aided by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

2021; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 28; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/lsp.2021.3089085

1558-2361

Stefano Buzzi, Emanuele Grossi, Marco Lops, Luca Venturino,

Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies

In this work, we consider the target detection problem in a sensing architecture where the radar is aided by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), that can be modeled as an array of sub-wavelength small reflective elements capable of imposing a tunable phase shift to the impinging waves and, ultimately, of providing the radar with an additional echo of the target. A theoretical analysis is carried out for closely- and widely-spaced (with respect to the target) radar and RIS and for different beampattern configurations, and some examples are provided to show that large gains can be achieved by the considered detection architecture.