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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Wireless Sensing Technologies
  • Radar Systems

Background:

  • Non-contact wireless sensing is crucial for advancements in healthcare.
  • Software-defined radar offers a low-cost, adaptable platform for various applications.
  • Monitoring human respiration non-invasively is vital for patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a software-defined radar system for non-contact monitoring of human respiration signals.
  • To demonstrate a flexible and low-cost radar solution adaptable via software.
  • To validate the feasibility of the proposed radar approach for vital signs detection.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a software-defined radar platform with Doppler elaboration.
  • Adoption of a quadrature receiver (I/Q) architecture to prevent null detection points.
  • Utilization of phase-locked loop components in the software-defined radio transceiver for signal correlation.

Main Results:

  • The developed system provides a compact, low-cost, and flexible radar solution.
  • Application abilities of the radar can be modified through software without hardware alterations.
  • Experimental results confirm the feasibility of the approach for detecting human vital signs.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed software-defined radar system effectively enables non-contact respiration monitoring.
  • The I/Q architecture and software-defined radio components ensure reliable signal detection.
  • This technology offers a promising, adaptable, and cost-effective solution for remote vital signs monitoring.