This is the first book to bring together the increasingly complex radar
automotive technologies and tools being explored and utilized in the
development of fully autonomous vehicles - technologies and tools now
understood to be an essential need for the field to fully mature. The
book presents state-of-the-art knowledge as shared by the best and
brightest experts working in the automotive radar industry today --
leaders who have "been there and done that." Each chapter is written as
a standalone "master class" with the authors, seeing the topic through
their eyes and experiences. Where beneficial, the chapters reference one
another but can otherwise be read in any order desired, making the book
an excellent go-to reference for a particular topic or review you need
to understand. You'll get a big-picture tour of the key radar needs for
fully autonomous vehicles, and how achieving these needs is complicated
by the automotive environment's dense scenes, number of possible targets
of interest, and mix of very large and very small returns. You'll then
be shown the challenges from - and mitigations to - radio frequency
interference (RFI), an ever-increasing challenge as the number of
vehicles with radars - and radars per vehicle grow. The book also dives
into the impacts of weather on radar performance, providing you with
insights gained from extensive real-world testing. You are then taken
through the integration and systems considerations, especially regarding
safety, computing needs, and testing. Each of these areas is influenced
heavily by the needs of fully autonomous vehicles and are open areas of
research and development. With this authoritative volume you will
understand: How to engage with radar designers (from a system integrator
/ OEM standpoint); How to structure and set requirements for automotive
radars; How to address system safety needs for radars in fully
autonomous vehicles; How to assess weather impact on the radar and its
ability to support autonomy; How to include weather effects into
specifications for radars. This is an essential reference for engineers
currently in the autonomous vehicle arena and/or working in automotive
radar development, as well as engineers and leaders in adjacent radar
fields needing to stay abreast of the rapid developments in this
exciting and dynamic field of research and development.
