# US 2024/0402292 A1 · Signal sending method and apparatus

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- Number: US 2024/0402292 A1
- Document ID: US20240402292A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/807,299
- Filed: 2024-08-16
- Published: 2024-12-05
- Earliest claimed: 2022-02-18
- Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Guanghong CHANG; Ting LI; Zhiwen CHENG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240402292A1

## CPC

- G01S 7/35: Details of non-pulse systems
- G01S 7/354: {Extracting wanted echo-signals (Doppler systems G01S13/50)}
- G01S 13/325: {using transmission of coded signals, e.g. P.S.K. signals}
- G01S 13/343: {using sawtooth modulation}
- G01S 13/42: Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S13/46)
- G01S 13/584: {adapted for simultaneous range and velocity measurements}
- G01S 13/931: of land vehicles
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates to signal sending methods and apparatuses. One example method includes determining, based on a quantity T of transmit antennas of a radar and a quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in a frame, T codeword sequences that are in a one-to-one correspondence with T transmit antennas, where each of the T codeword sequences includes NC codewords, each codeword sequence is used to process NC signals of a transmit antenna, T>1, NC≥1, both T and NC are integers, a Doppler spectrum corresponding to the T codeword sequences includes a first region corresponding to a main lobe, and a second region and a third region that correspond to side lobes, and a maximum peak value of the side lobe in the second region is less than a maximum peak value of the side lobe in the third region.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
determining, based on a quantity T of transmit antennas of a radar and a quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in a frame, T codeword sequences that are in a one-to-one correspondence with T transmit antennas, wherein each of the T codeword sequences comprises NC codewords, each codeword sequence is used to process NC signals of a transmit antenna, T>1, NC≥1, both T and NC are integers, a Doppler spectrum corresponding to the T codeword sequences comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region corresponding to a main lobe, the second region corresponding to a first side lobe, the third region corresponding to a second side lobe, and a maximum peak value of the first side lobe in the second region is less than a maximum peak value of the second side lobe in the third region; and
sending, through the T transmit antennas, signals processed by using the T codeword sequences.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the Doppler spectrum is obtained by performing non-coherent or coherent integration on signals that are sent through the T transmit antennas and that are obtained through decoding, Doppler bins corresponding to the first region are d0, Doppler bins corresponding to the second region comprise a plurality of Doppler bins falling within a range of [d1, d0) and (d0, d2], and Doppler bins corresponding to the third region comprise a plurality of Doppler bins falling within a range of (−∞, d1) and (d2, +∞), wherein d1<d0<d2.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the second region comprises one or more sub-regions, each sub-region corresponds to a parameter, and the parameter corresponding to each sub-region is a maximum peak value of a side lobe in the sub-region.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein each sub-region in the second region comprises at least one Doppler bin, and the parameter corresponding to each sub-region is determined from a spectrum of at least one Doppler bin in the corresponding sub-region.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the T codeword sequences are from one group of at least one group of target codeword sequences, and any one group of the at least one group of target codeword sequences comprises the first region, the second region, and the third region.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method according to claim 5, wherein the at least one group of target codeword sequences is determined from a plurality of groups of codeword sequences based on a preset function, and the preset function is related to one or more parameters respectively corresponding to one or more sub-regions in the second region.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the preset function is weighting of the one or more parameters.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the preset function is further related to a degree of cross-correlation between the signals transmitted through the T transmit antennas.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein the preset function is the degree of cross-correlation between the signals transmitted through the T transmit antennas and weighting of the one or more parameters.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the any one group of the at least one group of target codeword sequences satisfies that a function value obtained based on the preset function is less than a first preset threshold.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the at least one group of target codeword sequences is obtained by determining at least one group of codeword sequences from the plurality of groups of codeword sequences according to a preset rule, and by performing iterative update on the at least one group of codeword sequences until a quantity of iterative update times reaches a second preset threshold.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:
obtaining a plurality of groups of candidate target codeword sequences, wherein each group of the plurality of groups of target codeword sequences corresponds to one of a plurality of parameter combinations, each parameter combination comprises a quantity of transmit antennas, a quantity of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in a frame, and a quantity of Doppler bins corresponding to the second region, and at least two parameters in any two of the plurality of parameter combinations have different values; and
wherein the determining, based on a quantity T of transmit antennas of a radar and a quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in a frame, T codeword sequences that are in a one-to-one correspondence with T transmit antennas comprises:
determining one group of target codeword sequences from the plurality of groups of target codeword sequences based on the quantity T of transmit antennas of the radar, the quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in the frame, the quantity of Doppler bins corresponding to the second region, and a correspondence between the plurality of groups of target codeword sequences and the plurality of parameter combinations, wherein the determined group of target codeword sequences comprises the T codeword sequences that are in the one-to-one correspondence with the T transmit antennas.

### Claim 13 (depends on 6)

The method according to claim 6, wherein the determining, based on a quantity T of transmit antennas of a radar and a quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in a frame, T codeword sequences that are in a one-to-one correspondence with T transmit antennas comprises:
obtaining the plurality of groups of codeword sequences based on the quantity T of transmit antennas of the radar and the quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in the frame, wherein each group of codeword sequences comprises T codeword sequences, and each codeword sequence comprises NC codewords;
determining a function value of each group of the plurality of groups of codeword sequences based on the preset function;
determining at least one group of target codeword sequences from the plurality of groups of codeword sequences based on the function value of each group of the plurality of groups of codeword sequences; and
determining one group of target codeword sequences from the at least one group of target codeword sequences, wherein the T codeword sequences that are in the one-to-one correspondence with the T transmit antennas are from the determined group of target codeword sequences.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:
determining, based on the quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna of the radar in the frame, a required speed measurement range, and a pulse repetition interval (PRI), a quantity of Doppler bins corresponding to the second region.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the NC signals are NC pulse signals, and the signals processed by using the T codeword sequences are T encoded signals; and
wherein before the sending, through the T transmit antennas, signals processed by using the T codeword sequences, the method further comprises:
processing NC pulse signals of a transmit antenna based on each of the T codeword sequences, to obtain an encoded signal corresponding to the transmit antenna.

### Claim 16

An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:
determine, based on a quantity T of transmit antennas of a radar and a quantity NC of signals transmitted through each transmit antenna in a frame, T codeword sequences that are in a one-to-one correspondence with T transmit antennas, wherein each of the T codeword sequences comprises NC codewords, each codeword sequence is used to process NC signals of a transmit antenna, T>1, NC≥1, both T and NC are integers, a Doppler spectrum corresponding to the T codeword sequences comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region corresponding to a main lobe, the second region corresponding to a first side lobe, the third region corresponding to a second side lobe, and a maximum peak value of the first side lobe in the second region is less than a maximum peak value of the second side lobe in the third region; and
send, through the T transmit antennas, signals processed by using the T codeword sequences.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the Doppler spectrum is obtained by performing non-coherent or coherent integration on signals that are sent through the T transmit antennas and that are obtained through decoding, Doppler bins corresponding to the first region are d0, Doppler bins corresponding to the second region comprise a plurality of Doppler bins falling within a range of [d1, d0) and (d0, d2], and Doppler bins corresponding to the third region comprise a plurality of Doppler bins falling within a range of (−∞, d1) and (d2, +∞), wherein d1<d0<d2.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the second region comprises one or more sub-regions, each sub-region corresponds to a parameter, and the parameter corresponding to each sub-region is a maximum peak value of a side lobe in the sub-region.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein each sub-region in the second region comprises at least one Doppler bin, and the parameter corresponding to each sub-region is determined from a spectrum of at least one Doppler bin in the corresponding sub-region.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the T codeword sequences are from one group of at least one group of target codeword sequences, and any one group of the at least one group of target codeword sequences comprises the first region, the second region, and the third region.