Dynamic Estimation of Vital Signs with mm-wave FMCW Radar

In this paper, we propose a method for continuous monitoring of vital signs — in particular, respiration frequency — with a commercial mm-wave radar. The nearly constant frequency (NCF) model is adopted to represent chest displacement due to respiration and simulate radar response. Based on this model, an extended Kalman filter (EKF) based estimator is developed to track the breathing frequency of a person. The impact of dynamic model parameters is investigated in numerical simulation. The possibility to track breathing frequency with the proposed method is demonstrated by experimental data processing.