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arxiv:2502.19000

KAN-powered large-target detection for automotive radar

Published on Feb 26
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A novel radar signal detection pipeline using Kolmogorov-Arnold neural networks outperforms traditional OS-CFAR in detecting large targets with high probability of detection and comparable false alarm rate.

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This paper presents a novel radar signal detection pipeline focused on detecting large targets such as cars and SUVs. Traditional methods, such as Ordered-Statistic Constant False Alarm Rate (OS-CFAR), commonly used in automotive radar, are designed for point or isotropic target models. These may not adequately capture the Range-Doppler (RD) scattering patterns of larger targets, especially in high-resolution radar systems. Additional modules such as association and tracking are necessary to refine and consolidate the detections over multiple dwells. To address these limitations, we propose a detection technique based on the probability density function (pdf) of RD segments, leveraging the Kolmogorov-Arnold neural network (KAN) to learn the data and generate interpretable symbolic expressions for binary hypotheses. Beside the Monte-Carlo study showing better performance for the proposed KAN expression over OS-CFAR, it is shown to exhibit a probability of detection (PD) of 96% when transfer learned with field data. The false alarm rate (PFA) is comparable with OS-CFAR designed with PFA = 10^{-6}. Additionally, the study also examines impact of the number of pdf bins representing RD segment on performance of the KAN-based detection.

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Published in IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11063409
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