Cohda Wireless Launches Radar Detector Claiming 360-Degree Coverage

Cohda Wireless introduced a radar detector said to deliver 360-degree coverage for vehicles fitted with V2X (vehicle-to-everything) connected car systems. Cohda's V2X-Radar can detect buildings, road signs and older vehicles that aren't equipped with V2X technology, said the company. The product is differentiated from competing products by being immune to rain, snow or fog, and it can "see" around corners, said Cohda. When used with a 3D map, V2X-Radar provides “highly accurate positioning” including in urban areas with tall buildings, said Cohda. The device can detect vehicle speeds via Doppler measurements and obtain 360-degree sensing from a single antenna, positioning it as a sensor for autonomous vehicles, Cohda said. V2X-Radar takes advantage of current V2X systems that use IEEE 802.11-compliant wireless signals to share sensor information between vehicles and infrastructure, the company said. Radio signals bounce off objects such as walls, road signs and other vehicles as they travel from transmitter to receiver, and V2X-Radar uses the RF signals to identify objects within that environment, it said.