SafeMove

  • Funding:

    German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

  • Project partner:

    Technische Universität Ilmenau
    Continental AG/ADC GmbH
    dSPACE GmbH
    Mercedes Benz MTC
    miro-sys GmbH

  • Start:

    January 2017

  • End:

    June 2020

  • Contact:

    Dr.-Ing. Mario Pauli

    Sevda Abadpour

    Axel Diewald

     

     

Systemvalidierung von Fahrzeugradaren für auto-Mobile over-the-air

The aim of the SafeMove project is the concept and implementation of a reliable, reproducible and real-time test bed for radar systems. Thus, the setup can evaluate new radars for autonomous driving by using different hardware and software tools. Hardware-in-the-loop tools can be used during the whole development and stimulate the wireless channel of complex environments like in real life traffic scenarios.

An additional aim is to establish a new standard process for evaluation of radar systems using multiple radar target and interferer simulators. This allows strictly defined and reproducible scenarios what would not be possible in the real road traffic. Therefore, the setup is flexible, scalable and independent of specific street layouts and car makes. This offers the possibility to compare different systems in a neutral manner.

The resulting system should support design and development of new radar systems in three steps (virtual test, channel emulator and field test) and thus shorten the necessary development cycles efficiently. Firstly, a virtual evaluation is possible, followed by measurements in the new test bed. Driving the car in real scenarios is only the last step resulting in lower costs.

The solution will be a virtual environment to simulate the real traffic. Therefore, target simulators will be implemented which can stimulate the radar systems and cameras.

Publications


Abadpour, S.; Diewald, A.; Marahrens, S.; Pauli, M.; Zwick, T. (2021). Back Scattering of Traffic Participants Based on an Automotive Radar Measurement. 17th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Utrecht, 10th-15th January 2021, 99–102, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EuRAD48048.2021.00036
Abadpour, S.; Marahrens, S.; Pauli, M.; Siska, J.; Pohl, N.; Zwick, T. (2021). Backscattering Behavior of Vulnerable Road Users Based on High-Resolution RCS Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 70 (3), 1582–1593. doi:10.1109/TMTT.2021.3131156
Pauli, M.; Abadpour, S.; Diewald, A.; Zwick, T. (2021). RCS Measurements for the Implementation in Radar Target Simulators. 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA): August 9-13, 2021, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539849
Abadpour, S.; Diewald, A.; Nuss, B.; Pauli, M.; Zwick, T. (2020). Extraction of Scattering Centers Using a Greedy Algorithm for Traffic Participants. 2020 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 1–5, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9135316
Abadpour, S.; Diewald, A.; Pauli, M.; Zwick, T. (2019). Extraction of Scattering Centers Using a 77 GHz FMCW Radar. 12th German Microwave Conference, GeMiC 2019; Stuttgart; Germany; 25 March 2019 through 27 March 2019, 79–82, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.23919/GEMIC.2019.8698144