A Novel Wireless-Netted UWB Life-Detection Radar System for Quasi-Static Person Sensing

In actual life-detection radar applications, a quasi-static person with weak respiration is difficult to find when relying on the echoes from a single fixed observation point. To effectively sense the weak respiration of a quasi-static person in complex through-wall and through-floor conditions, this paper proposes a novel multi-observation point detection system composed of multiple Golay complementary coded radars in which communication and synchronization are carried out wirelessly. The collaboration structure and Golay complementary coded transmitter improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR). Proof-of-principle experiments are carried out with our designed radar prototype and prove that the radar system can detect a respiring target 21 m behind a brick wall or a respiring target behind two levels of reinforced concrete floors, validating the effectiveness of a multi-observation point working mode for the efficient detection of weak human respiration.