TY - GEN
T1 - Determination ofmechanisms that can occur in NLOS urban canyon
AU - Mokadem, Azza
AU - Thirion-Lefevre, Laetitia
AU - Colin-Koeniguer, Elise
AU - Tupin, Florence
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - This paper concerns the analysis of NLOS (Non Line Of Sight) illumination areas in an urban canyon. An algorithm is first described to determine these areas illuminated by multipath mechanisms. Smooth vertical walls are supposed to allow only specular bounces, whereas on the ground, several types of mechanisms may occur. We focus here on backscattering and specular reflection mechanisms on an horizontal surface that can help for target detection. This algorithm is then applied to all canyon components of a city district, to investigate statistically the occurrence of these differentmechanisms in NLOS areas.
AB - This paper concerns the analysis of NLOS (Non Line Of Sight) illumination areas in an urban canyon. An algorithm is first described to determine these areas illuminated by multipath mechanisms. Smooth vertical walls are supposed to allow only specular bounces, whereas on the ground, several types of mechanisms may occur. We focus here on backscattering and specular reflection mechanisms on an horizontal surface that can help for target detection. This algorithm is then applied to all canyon components of a city district, to investigate statistically the occurrence of these differentmechanisms in NLOS areas.
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84888368641
T3 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR
SP - 99
EP - 102
BT - EUSAR 2012; 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2012
Y2 - 23 April 2012 through 26 April 2012
ER -