EP4409323A1 - Méthode d'émission de signaux radio par un radar embarqué au sein d'un véhicule, dispositif et programme d'ordinateur correspondants - Google Patents
Méthode d'émission de signaux radio par un radar embarqué au sein d'un véhicule, dispositif et programme d'ordinateur correspondantsInfo
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- TITLE Method for transmitting radio signals by an on-board radar within a vehicle, corresponding device and computer program
- the field of the invention is that of autonomous vehicles and driver assistance systems.
- the invention relates to on-board radars in vehicles allowing the implementation of services such as adaptive speed regulation or the detection of emergency braking situations.
- Adaptive cruise control is based on the combined use of radar and an automatic vehicle speed regulation system.
- the radar measures the distance and the approach speed of a vehicle preceding the vehicle in which it is embarked, which makes it possible to automatically adjust the speed of the latter in order to maintain a safety distance to avoid a collision, then to resume a cruising speed stored in the system when there is no longer any obstacle or vehicle located below a minimum distance.
- the invention meets this need by proposing a method for reducing interference impacting radars on board vehicles based on an intelligent and coordinated selection of radio signal emission parameters as a function of contextual information specific to each radar.
- Such a method is particular in that it comprises:
- the solution proposed by the inventors proposes to take into account the orientation of the line of sight of the radar, or by simplification the orientation of the radar, and therefore implicitly of the vehicle, to determine the parameters of emission of a radio signal by the radar.
- a solution applies to the signal to be transmitted, it does not require a great deal of computing power.
- the signal emitted by the radar of a common vehicle is constructed using emission parameters which interfere little or not at all with a competing radar signal, emitted by another vehicle moving along a different orientation from that of the current vehicle.
- the orientation of the radar line of sight is determined, for example, by means of a navigation system.
- Such a navigation system is for example a GPS (Global Positioning System) or Galileo module, or even a compass, embedded in the vehicle.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- Galileo module or even a compass, embedded in the vehicle.
- the orientation of the radar can be given as a cardinal direction, eg north, northwest, etc., or as an angle measurement.
- the plurality of radio signals defined by said sets of transmission parameters are mutually orthogonal.
- orthogonal radio signals avoids the generation of interference.
- each radar only receives the echoes of the radio signal that it has emitted and that these echoes are not disturbed by interference generated by a signal radio emitted by another radar.
- a set of parameters for transmitting a radio signal is distinguished from the other sets of parameters for transmitting radio signals belonging to the plurality of sets of parameters for transmitting radio signals by a value of at least one of the constituent parameters of the set of parameters.
- the radio signals emitted by the radars are not necessarily orthogonal.
- the fact that these radio signals are transmitted in accordance with different sets of transmission parameters contributes to reducing the impact of interference generated by other radars disturbing the reception of the echoes.
- step of selecting said set of transmission parameters further comprises:
- the choice between several sets of radio signal emission parameters By allowing, for an orientation of the line of sight of the radar, the choice between several sets of radio signal emission parameters, it contributes to reducing the impact of interference. In fact, in such an example, the probability is reduced that two vehicles traveling in the same direction will select transmission parameters of a radio signal which are identical or which have similarities such that the two signals could generate interference.
- the sets of emission parameters constituting said subset are identified by means of a window centered on the first set of emission parameters, said window comprising at least a second of sets of emission parameters preceding the first set of transmission parameters among the plurality of sets of transmission parameters and at least a third set of transmission parameters following the first set of transmission parameters among the plurality of sets of transmission parameters.
- the size of the window is a compromise between the number of sets of emission parameters between which the radar can choose and the proportion in which it is desired to limit the risk of interference.
- the plurality of sets of emission parameters of a radio signal being ordered since each set of emission parameters is associated with a range of orientation of the line of sight of a given radar, it can be ordered by value d increasing orientation or by decreasing orientation value.
- the different transmission parameters of a radio signal constituting a set of transmission parameters belong to the group comprising among others:
- a set of radio signal transmission parameters can include all or only some of the parameters listed above.
- the two subsets corresponding respectively to one and the other can present sets of common emission parameters. Radars whose lines of sight point in these two directions run, in fact, little risk of being impacted by each other.
- the method comprises, prior to the selection step, a step of receiving synchronization information from the radars between them, said set of transmission parameters of the radio signal then being selected as a function of the orientation of the line of sight of the radar determined and of the synchronization information received.
- the taking into account of the synchronization information makes it possible to play on the instants of emission of the radio signals from the radars. This makes it possible to reduce the number of sets of radio signal transmission parameters proposed because it is sufficient simply to play on the value of the instant of transmission of the radio signal to reduce interference.
- the invention also relates to a device suitable for reducing interference impacting radars on board vehicles comprising at least one processor configured for:
- the processor is furthermore configured for:
- the invention also relates to a radar comprising at least one device suitable for reducing interference impacting radars on board vehicles such as that described above.
- the invention finally relates to a computer program product comprising program code instructions for implementing a method as described previously, when it is executed by a processor.
- the invention also relates to a recording medium readable by a computer on which is recorded a computer program comprising program code instructions for the execution of the steps of the method according to the invention as described above.
- Such recording medium can be any entity or device capable of storing the program.
- the medium may comprise a storage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectronic circuit ROM, or else a magnetic recording means, for example a USB key or a hard disk.
- such a recording medium may be a transmissible medium such as an electrical or optical signal, which may be conveyed via an electrical or optical cable, by radio or by other means, so that the program computer it contains is executable remotely.
- the program according to the invention can in particular be downloaded onto a network, for example the Internet network.
- the recording medium may be an integrated circuit in which the program is incorporated, the circuit being suitable for executing or for being used in the execution of the aforementioned method which is the subject of the invention.
- FIG. IA this figure represents a first situation in which an on-board radar in a common vehicle can be impacted by interference generated by one or more on-board radars in other vehicles;
- FIG. IB this figure represents a second situation in which a radar on board in a common vehicle can be impacted by interference generated by one or more radars on board in other vehicles;
- fig- 2 this figure represents the different steps of a method for transmitting a radio signal implemented by an on-board radar within a vehicle in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present solution;
- FIG. 4A this figure represents an example of a set of transmission parameter sets ;
- FIG. 4B this figure represents another example of a set of transmission parameter sets
- FIG. 5 this figure represents a working cycle of a radar consisting of a transmission cycle and a reception cycle
- the general principle of the solution for reducing interference impacting an on-board radar within a vehicle proposed by the inventors is based on an intelligent and coordinated selection of radio signal emission parameters as a function of contextual information specific to each radar.
- the [fig. IA] represents a first vehicle Vi carrying a radar Ri and a second vehicle V2 carrying a radar R2.
- the first vehicle Vi moves from west to east
- the second vehicle V2 moves from east to west.
- the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri on board the first vehicle Vi and the line of sight LV2 of the radar R2 on board the second vehicle V2 are both parallel to the east-west direction but do not have the same direction. Indeed, just like the vehicle Vi, the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri points towards the east, whereas the line of sight LV2 of the radar R2 points towards the west because the vehicle V2 is heading towards the west.
- the radar Vi finds itself in the line of sight LV2 of the radar R2 and vice versa.
- the power P received of a radio signal received by the radar Ri is expressed as follows: where Ptra smitted the power of the radio signal emitted by the radar R2 causing interference at the level of the radar Ri, G the gain of the antenna of the radar Ri, R the distance separating the radars Ri and R2, the cross section of the radar Ri .
- the [fig. IB] also represents the first vehicle Vi carrying the radar Ri, the second vehicle V2 carrying the radar R2 and a third vehicle V3 carrying a radar R3.
- the vehicles Vi, V2, V3 all move from west to east.
- the lines of sight LVi of the radar Ri on board the first vehicle Vi, LV2 of the radar R2 on board the second vehicle V2, and LV3 of the radar R3 on board the third vehicle V3, all point towards the east.
- the radars Ri, R2 and R3 should not suffer interference.
- the vehicle V3 being located at a sufficiently short distance from the vehicle V2, part of the radio signal emitted by the radar R3 is reflected by the vehicle V2.
- the radio signal thus reflected can generate interference impacting the radar Ri when the vehicle Vi is also situated at a sufficiently short distance from the vehicle V2.
- Objects other than a vehicle can constitute obstacles on which a radio signal emitted by a radar is reflected, it can be street furniture, buildings, non-motorized vehicles, etc.
- the received power P' of a reflected radio signal received by the radar Ri is expressed as follows: where P' transmitted the power of the reflected radio signal causing interference at the level of the radar Ri, G the gain of the antenna of the radar Ri, R the distance separating the radar Ri from the obstacle on which the radio signal emitted by the radar R3 is reflected (here the rear of the vehicle V2), where the cross section the cross section of the Ri radar.
- the inventors of the present solution propose to regulate the use of the frequency bands used by the radars to transmit radio signals. Such regulation is based on an intelligent and coordinated selection of radio signal emission parameters as a function of contextual information specific to each radar.
- the transmission method begins with the execution of a step SI during which an orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri is determined.
- the execution of this step El is for example triggered when the driver of the vehicle Vi uses a driving aid solution such as adaptive speed regulation.
- the orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri which here points towards the east as described with reference to FIG. 1, can be determined in different ways.
- the orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri is obtained by means of a GPS module on board within the vehicle Vi.
- the vehicle embeds cellular communication means and is attached to a base station of the eNodeB type when the base station complies with the 4G standards (for 4th generation of standards for mobile telephony) or of the gNb type. when the base station complies with 5G standards (for 5th generation of standards for mobile telephony). It is then possible to determine the orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri by means of measurements carried out by the base station.
- 4G standards for 4th generation of standards for mobile telephony
- 5G standards for 5th generation of standards for mobile telephony
- the orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri is obtained by means of a compass on board within the vehicle Vi.
- a set of transmission parameters ParSetj of a radio signal intended to be used by the radar Ri is selected during a step S2.
- the different transmission parameters of a radio signal constituting the set of transmission parameters ParSetj belong to the group comprising among others: a carrier frequency of the radio signal, an amplitude of the radio signal, a phase of the radio signal, a polarization of the signal radio, a transmission power of the radio signal, a coding to be applied to the radio signal prior to its transmission, a periodicity of the radio signal, a time of transmission of the radio signal, a duration of transmission of the radio signal, etc.
- Such a set of emission parameters ParSetj is selected from among a plurality of sets of emission parameters ParSetj where i is a natural integer with i G (1, ... , j, ... , K) grouped into a set E emission parameter sets.
- the sets of send parameters ParSetj belonging to the same set E of sets of send parameters differ from each other by a value of at least one of the parameters constituting them.
- By differentiating the sets of ParSetj emission parameters from each other by adjusting the value of one or more parameters constituting them the risk of interference generated by a radar on board a first vehicle on a second radar on board a second vehicle is reduced.
- the [Fig. 3] represents several examples of radio signals SR1-SR4 that can be generated from the different sets of transmission parameters ParSetj.
- the radio signals SRi and SR2 are sawtooth signals generated from, respectively, a first set of emission parameters ParSeti and a second set of emission parameters ParSetj which differ from one another another by the value of an instant of transmission of the radio signal.
- a set of transmission parameters ParSets generates for example a radio signal SR3 of the sinusoidal type and finally, a set of transmission parameters ParSet4 generates, for its part, a radio signal SR4 in slots.
- other forms of radio signals can be generated on the basis of other sets of transmission parameters ParSetj.
- the values of the various constituent parameters of the sets of transmission parameters ParSetj are selected so that the sets of transmission parameters ParSetj make it possible to generate orthogonal radio signals. Such orthogonal radio signals did not interfere with each other.
- Such a set E of sets of emission parameters ParSetj is an ordered set in which the different sets of emission parameters ParSetj are arranged so as to allow an astute selection of a set of emission parameters by the different radars having access to this set E.
- the sets of emission parameters ParSetj are arranged by increasing orientation ranges, that is to say that the first set of emission parameters ParSeti is associated with the orientation range [0-15°], then the second set of emission parameters ParSetj is associated with the orientation range [15-30°], etc.
- the sets of emission parameters ParSetj are arranged by decreasing orientation ranges, i.e. the first set of emission parameters ParSeti is associated with the orientation range [360- 345°], then the second set of emission parameters ParSetj is associated with the orientation range [345-330°], etc.
- the value of the angle representing the orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri determined during step El is measured in a frame common to all the vehicles V1-V3.
- the different sets of send parameters ParSetj are distributed in the set E according to a defined scheme.
- sets of heterogeneous transmission parameters ParSetj that is to say sets of transmission parameters for which the values of all or part of the transmission parameters are such that the radio signals generated at from these sets of emission parameters ParSetj interfere little with each other, can be associated with orientation ranges far from each other such as an orientation range [0-15°] and an orientation range [90- 105°].
- orientation ranges far from each other such as an orientation range [0-15°] and an orientation range [90- 105°].
- Such a distribution of the sets of emission parameters ParSetj within the set E also makes it possible to reduce the probability that two vehicles Vi and V3 traveling in similar directions, as represented in FIG. IB, select emission parameters d 'a signal radio identical or having similarities such that a radio signal emitted by the radar R3 could generate, at the level of the radar Ri, interference caused by the reflection of the radio signal thus emitted on any obstacle, here the vehicle V2.
- the vehicles can communicate with each other, in particular via the “vehicle to everything” communication network also referred to as V2X.
- V2X vehicle to everything communication network
- Each vehicle can thus communicate the set of parameters that it has selected so that the other vehicles receive this information and remove the sets of parameters already used from the set E.
- the vehicles can also communicate via the V2X system the orientation of their radar in addition to the set of parameters used.
- a vehicle withdraws the sets of parameters received from vehicles whose radars have orientations liable to generate interference.
- the method for predicting the sets of parameters used thus comprises: a step of sending, preferably via the V2X communication system, by a first vehicle information relating to its radar: this information comprising the set of parameters used by its radar and/or the orientation of said radar, and a step of receiving said information by a second vehicle, a step of removing said set of parameters from the set E.
- the method may comprise a step of comparison by the second vehicle of the orientation of the radar received from the first vehicle with the orientation of the radar of the first vehicle, the set of parameters being removed from the set E if the orientations are identical or close.
- the set E of sets of emission parameters ParSetj is stored in the various radars R1-R3 onboard within a vehicle V1-V3. For example, all the vehicles of the same manufacturer use the same set E of sets of emission parameters ParSetj.
- the vehicles V1-V3 being connected vehicles, such as autonomous vehicles
- the base station to which they are attached via their cellular communication means regularly transmits data relating to the set E of sets of parameters parameter set ParSetj within which the radar can select a set of emission parameters ParSetj to use.
- These data relating to set E can be all of the sets of emission parameters ParSetj, an index of the set of parameters to be selected from set E when set E is stored in the radar, or even the set of send parameters ParSetj itself.
- Such data is transmitted by the base station among synchronization information.
- a first set of emission parameters ParSets is identified according to the orientation of the line of sight of the radar considered.
- This first set of ParSets transmission parameters is identified by the radar itself or by the base station. Indeed, depending on the orientation of its line of sight, a radar can choose, or be assigned by the base station, randomly or not, a set of emission parameters ParSeti included in a first window Fi centered on the first set of emission parameters ParSets and comprising, in the example of FIG. 4A, seven sets of emission parameters: three sets of emission parameters located before the first set of emission parameters ParSets in the set E and three sets of send parameters located after the first set of send parameters ParSets.
- the size of the window Fi here seven, is determined for example by the manufacturer of the radar and is supplied to the radar or to the base station at the same time as data relating to the set E of sets of emission parameters.
- a first window F′i centered on the first set of emission parameters ParSets comprises, for its part, eleven sets of emission parameters: five sets of emission parameters located before the first set of send parameters ParSets in set E and five sets of send parameters located after the first set of send parameters ParSets.
- the radar Ri emits a radio signal SR generated in accordance with the values of the parameters constituting the set of emission parameters ParSeti and picks up surrounding radio signals during a step S3.
- the radio signal SR is transmitted during a transmission/reception cycle ERC for a determined duration called transmission duration DER.
- an orientation range is defined around the orientation of the line of sight to form a parameter set window.
- the orientation range is thus defined from the orientation of the line of sight and an angular margin P around the orientation of the line of sight.
- the size of the window can be adapted by modifying the angular margin P, in particular to adapt to the number of vehicles present nearby.
- the angular margin P is increased in order to increase the window and thus increase the number of sets of selectable parameters, which reduces the risk of interference.
- the angular margin P is then reduced in order to reduce the window.
- the vehicles can communicate with each other, in particular by the V2X system, in order to determine the density of the traffic and more particularly the density of radar having a similar orientation.
- the angular margin P is at least equal to the distance between two sets of parameters in order to integrate at least a second set of parameters in the window.
- a step S4 once the transmission/reception duration DER has elapsed, the radar Ri switches to data processing mode for a determined duration called the processing duration DT.
- the radar Ri processes the radio signals that it has picked up during the emission/reception cycle ERC in order to determine whether they are echoes of the radio signal SR that it has emitted or radio signals it can ignore
- step S4 but also steps S1 and S2 can be executed during a processing cycle TC.
- steps S1 and S2 can be executed during a processing cycle TC.
- a DC working cycle of a radar consists of an ERC transmission/reception cycle and a TC processing cycle.
- a DC duty cycle is shown in [Fig. 5], This figure shows the transmission/reception cycle ERC during which a radio signal SRi is transmitted by the radar, then a processing cycle TC during which no radio signal is transmitted.
- the radar Ri also picks up radio signals and determines, during the processing cycle TC, whether they are echoes of the radio signal SRi that it emitted during the cycle of ERC transmission/reception. If such is the case, the radar Ri then processes these echoes in a conventional manner.
- a DC work cycle corresponds in a first example to steps S3 and S4 of the present method. At the end of each DC work cycle, steps S1 and S2 are implemented.
- steps S1 and S2 are implemented.
- ParSetk is selected either from the same subset or from another subset by function of the new value of the orientation of the line of sight LVi of the radar Ri.
- the risk for the Ride radar to be impacted by interference generated by other radars R2, R3 is then reduced.
- steps S1 and S2 can be implemented during the processing cycle TC of a working cycle DC.
- a second set of ParSetis emission parameters is identified according to the new value of the orientation of the line of aiming of the radar considered determined during a new occurrence of step SI.
- the radar then chooses, or is assigned by the base station, a new set of emission parameters ParSetk in a second window F2 centered on the second set of emission parameters ParSetis comprising seven sets of emission parameters: three sets of transmission parameters located before the second set of transmission parameters ParSetis in the set E and three sets of transmission parameters located after the second set of transmission parameters ParSetis.
- the second set of ParSetis emission parameters is identified based on the new value of the orientation of the line of sight of the considered radar determined during a new occurrence of step SI.
- the radar then chooses, or is assigned by the base station, a new set of emission parameters ParSetk in a second window F′ 2 centered on the second set of emission parameters ParSetis comprising eleven sets of emission parameters : seven sets of emission parameters located before the second set of ParSetis emission parameters in set E and seven sets of emission parameters located after the second set of parameters issue ParSetis.
- the windows F′i and F′2 overlap despite the significant difference existing between the value of the first orientation and the value of the second orientation of the radar. This is due to the fact that the windows F′i and F′2 have a substantial width.
- the radar Ri emits a radio signal SR generated in accordance with the values of the parameters constituting the set of emission parameters ParSeti during step S3.
- each radar R1-R3 has its own internal clock and decides on the radio signal transmission time which corresponds to the start time of the first DC work cycle.
- the internal clocks of the various radars R1-R3 are synchronized with each other, for example thanks to the synchronization information transmitted by a base station to which the vehicles V1-V3 in which the radars R1-R3 are attached are attached through their cellular communication module.
- the radar Ri is particularly sensitive to interference that may be generated by the various radio signals transmitted by the radars R2 and R3. This is where the benefit of the present solution appears. Indeed, by restricting the choice of sets of emission parameters ParSetj available according to the orientation of their line of sight, it is possible to reduce the impact on the radar Ri of the interference generated by the other radars R2 and R3 as can be seen in [Fig. 6].
- Curves C1 and C2 represent the results obtained with conventional interference reduction solutions and curves C3 and C4 represent the results obtained with the method described in this document.
- Curve C3 corresponds to an implementation in which the set E comprises 18 sets of heterogeneous emission parameters ParSetj.
- the curve C4 corresponds to an implementation in which the set E comprises 36 sets of heterogeneous emission parameters ParSetj.
- the [Fig. 7] represents a radar R1-R3 able to implement certain steps of the solution previously described.
- a radar R1-R3 can comprise at least one hardware processor 701, one storage unit 702, one first interface 703, and at least one second network interface 704 which are connected together through a bus 705.
- the components of the radar R1-R3 can be connected by means of a connection other than a bus.
- Processor 701 controls the operations of radar R1-R3.
- the storage unit 702 stores at least one program for the implementation of the method which is the subject of the invention to be executed by the processor 701, and various data, such as parameters used for calculations performed by the processor 701, intermediate data of calculations carried out by the processor 701, etc.
- Processor 701 may be formed by any known and suitable hardware or software, or by a combination of hardware and software.
- the processor 701 may be formed by dedicated hardware such as a processing circuit, or by a programmable processing unit such as a Central Processing Unit which executes a program stored in a memory of this one.
- Storage unit 702 may be formed by any suitable means capable of storing the program or programs and data in a computer readable manner. Examples of storage unit 702 include non-transitory computer-readable storage media such as semiconductor memory devices, and magnetic, optical, or magneto-optical recording media loaded into a read-and-write unit. 'writing.
- the interface 703 consists of means for transmitting and receiving radio signals such as an antenna. Such an interface 703 is connected to a chain for transmitting radio signals and to a chain for processing received radio signals, both of which are not shown in the figure.
- the network interface 704 provides a connection between the radar R1-R3 and at least one base station. This may be the network interface 704 of the previously mentioned cellular communication module.
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