TY - JOUR
T1 - CWSNet
T2 - A Building Layout Sensing Network with Corner and Wall Information Fusion from Through-the-Wall Radar
AU - Zhong, Shichao
AU - Ma, Zhongjie
AU - Zeng, Xiaolu
AU - Liu, Renjie
AU - Yang, Xiaopeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - Building layout sensing of through-the-wall radar (TWR) plays a vital role in fields such as counter-terrorism operations and post-disaster rescue. Existing layout sensing methods based on TWR typically focus solely on either corner information or wall surface features, neglecting the complementarity between the two, which leads to low sensing accuracy in complex environments. To address this issue, we propose a Corner-Wall Sensing Network (CWSNet), a building layout sensing network that fuses corner and wall surface information. First, deep convolutional networks are used to extract wall and corner features from TWR images. Then, these complementary structural features are fused to form an integrated representation. Finally, a transformer-based dynamic graph reasoning module (DGRM) captures their spatial relationships, enabling high-precision layout sensing. Both simulated and real-world experimental datasets demonstrate that CWSNet significantly outperforms existing methods across multiple evaluation metrics, achieving superior wall localization accuracy and layout connectivity, while also exhibiting strong robustness and generalization capabilities.
AB - Building layout sensing of through-the-wall radar (TWR) plays a vital role in fields such as counter-terrorism operations and post-disaster rescue. Existing layout sensing methods based on TWR typically focus solely on either corner information or wall surface features, neglecting the complementarity between the two, which leads to low sensing accuracy in complex environments. To address this issue, we propose a Corner-Wall Sensing Network (CWSNet), a building layout sensing network that fuses corner and wall surface information. First, deep convolutional networks are used to extract wall and corner features from TWR images. Then, these complementary structural features are fused to form an integrated representation. Finally, a transformer-based dynamic graph reasoning module (DGRM) captures their spatial relationships, enabling high-precision layout sensing. Both simulated and real-world experimental datasets demonstrate that CWSNet significantly outperforms existing methods across multiple evaluation metrics, achieving superior wall localization accuracy and layout connectivity, while also exhibiting strong robustness and generalization capabilities.
KW - Building layout sensing
KW - corner–wall fusion
KW - feature relationship learning
KW - through-the-wall radar (TWR)
KW - transformer-based dynamic graph reasoning module (DGRM)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105028035976
U2 - 10.1109/LSP.2026.3654540
DO - 10.1109/LSP.2026.3654540
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105028035976
SN - 1070-9908
JO - IEEE Signal Processing Letters
JF - IEEE Signal Processing Letters
ER -