Analysis of Interference between Two LiDAR Sensors in Autonomous Driving Scenario

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is the important sensor for autonomous vehicle for perceiving its environment accurately. With the increasing deployment of autonomous vehicles in urban area, the presence of multiple LiDAR may cause the concern of interference between two LiDAR sensors. This paper focuses the impact of the interference on the quality of LiDAR data in autonomous driving scenario. Through extensive experiment and evaluation we have analysed the point cloud data with and without the possibility of interference (cross-talk). We found that there is negligible impact of cross-talk. Cross- talk is handled by sensor manufactures internally using signal processing algorithms. Our results verify the importance of LiDAR sensor for safe transportation system.