Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue

Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radar exhibits strong penetration capability and high resolution, enabling the detection and localization of trapped personnel behind coal-rock collapses in mine disasters. This paper introduces the principles of UWB radar localization and its applications in mine rescue operat...

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Main Authors: ZHENG Xuezhao, MA Jiawen, HUANG Yuan, LI Qiang, REN Jing, LIU Yu
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Published: Editorial Department of Industry and Mine Automation 2025-04-01
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Online Access:http://www.gkzdh.cn/article/doi/10.13272/j.issn.1671-251x.2025010046
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description Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radar exhibits strong penetration capability and high resolution, enabling the detection and localization of trapped personnel behind coal-rock collapses in mine disasters. This paper introduces the principles of UWB radar localization and its applications in mine rescue operations. The UWB radar personnel localization technologies are systematically reviewed from three perspectives: radar localization methods, static/dynamic target localization, and single/multi-target localization. Key challenges in mine rescue scenarios are identified: ① significant localization errors and limited effective detection range in thick, heterogeneous, and discontinuous media; ② weakened radar echoes and severe clutter interference under Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) conditions, leading to low-precision micro-motion target detection and large real-time errors for dynamic targets; ③ signal interference and occlusion effects among multiple targets degrading localization accuracy. Future research directions of UWB radar personnel localization technology for mine rescue operations are proposed: ① optimizing the UWB radar localization system by constructing cross-modal information fusion models and developing highly adaptive signal processing methods to enhance the system's adaptability to post-mining disaster environments; ② improving the applicability of combined static and dynamic target localization by developing hybrid localization algorithms that integrate Bayesian networks or deep belief networks to fuse static and dynamic target features and establishing state-switching-based comprehensive models; ③ improving UWB radar echo processing algorithms, combining adaptive beamforming technology, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology, and optimized K-means++ or entropy-based hierarchical analysis algorithms, effectively distinguishing multi-target position information, and validating their adaptability and reliability in complex environments through extensive simulation experiments.
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spelling doaj-art-37c4e6c7e58c441485421d00d0b8df4b2025-08-20T02:43:47ZzhoEditorial Department of Industry and Mine AutomationGong-kuang zidonghua1671-251X2025-04-0151491810.13272/j.issn.1671-251x.2025010046Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescueZHENG XuezhaoMA JiawenHUANG YuanLI QiangREN JingLIU YuUltra-Wide Band (UWB) radar exhibits strong penetration capability and high resolution, enabling the detection and localization of trapped personnel behind coal-rock collapses in mine disasters. This paper introduces the principles of UWB radar localization and its applications in mine rescue operations. The UWB radar personnel localization technologies are systematically reviewed from three perspectives: radar localization methods, static/dynamic target localization, and single/multi-target localization. Key challenges in mine rescue scenarios are identified: ① significant localization errors and limited effective detection range in thick, heterogeneous, and discontinuous media; ② weakened radar echoes and severe clutter interference under Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) conditions, leading to low-precision micro-motion target detection and large real-time errors for dynamic targets; ③ signal interference and occlusion effects among multiple targets degrading localization accuracy. Future research directions of UWB radar personnel localization technology for mine rescue operations are proposed: ① optimizing the UWB radar localization system by constructing cross-modal information fusion models and developing highly adaptive signal processing methods to enhance the system's adaptability to post-mining disaster environments; ② improving the applicability of combined static and dynamic target localization by developing hybrid localization algorithms that integrate Bayesian networks or deep belief networks to fuse static and dynamic target features and establishing state-switching-based comprehensive models; ③ improving UWB radar echo processing algorithms, combining adaptive beamforming technology, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology, and optimized K-means++ or entropy-based hierarchical analysis algorithms, effectively distinguishing multi-target position information, and validating their adaptability and reliability in complex environments through extensive simulation experiments.http://www.gkzdh.cn/article/doi/10.13272/j.issn.1671-251x.2025010046mine emergency rescueuwb radarpersonnel localizationdynamic target localizationmulti-target localization
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Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue
Gong-kuang zidonghua
mine emergency rescue
uwb radar
personnel localization
dynamic target localization
multi-target localization
title Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue
title_full Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue
title_fullStr Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue
title_full_unstemmed Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue
title_short Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue
title_sort current status and outlook of uwb radar personnel localization for mine rescue
topic mine emergency rescue
uwb radar
personnel localization
dynamic target localization
multi-target localization
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