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This work was supported by the Spanish Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CICYT) under Project TEC2014-53815-R and in part by the Indra Sistemas.

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Coherent Signal Processing for Traffic Flow Measuring Radar Sensor

Publicated to:Ieee Sensors Journal. 18 (12): 4803-4813 - 2018-06-15 18(12), DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2757699

Authors: López, AA; de Quevedo, AD; Yuste, FS; Dekamp, JM; Mequiades, VA; Cortés, VM; Cobeña, DG; Pulido, DM; Urzaiz, FI; Menoyo, JG

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Indra Sistemas, Alcobendas 28108, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Grp Microondas & Radar, Informat Proc & Telecommun Ctr, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper presents a technological demonstrator with traffic applications, which carries out three typical intelligent transportation system (ITS) tasks: traffic flow measurement, speed estimation, and vehicles classification. The proposed system is a frequency-modulated continuous wave radar working at 24 GHz, with side-looking installation. Two signal-processing modes, 1-D and 2-D, are introduced as detection scheme. Unlike other existing commercial systems, this demonstrator makes use of phase information from target echoes in order to perform clutter cancellation and target speed measurement. To this end, two different speed-estimating methods are proposed and compared by means of experimental results obtained from a complex scenario.

Keywords

Doppler effectFrequency modulationFrequency-modulated continuous wave (fmcw)GeometryIntelligent transportation system (its)Microwave radar sensorRadar measurementsSensorsSignal resolutionSpeed measuringSurveillance applicationsTraffic flowVehicle classificationVehicle detectionVehicle detector

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Ieee Sensors Journal due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 13/61, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Instruments & Instrumentation.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.59, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-17, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 14
  • Scopus: 22

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-17:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 13 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ASENSIO LOPEZ, ALBERTO) and Last Author (GISMERO MENOYO, JAVIER).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been DUQUE DE QUEVEDO, ALVARO.