Beam-Wise Statistical Background Subtraction for Static Roadside LiDAR: A Cross-Sensor Benchmark Study

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14868v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:15:39 GMT
• Title: Beam-Wise Statistical Background Subtraction for Static Roadside LiDAR: A Cross-Sensor Benchmark Study
• Abstract summary: Background subtraction is a key preprocessing step for infrastructure-based LiDAR perception.<n>This paper presents a comparative benchmark of beam-wise statistical background subtraction for statically mounted LiDAR sensors.<n>We introduce HighwayScene, a new multi-LiDAR dataset recorded in a static roadside setup, and extend the public CoopScenes dataset with static/dynamic point-wise annotations.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Background subtraction is a key preprocessing step for infrastructure-based LiDAR perception, enabling efficient isolation of dynamic traffic participants without semantic annotations. However, systematic cross-sensor evaluations and reproducible studies for static roadside LiDAR are missing. This paper presents a comparative benchmark of beam-wise statistical background subtraction for statically mounted LiDAR sensors. We formulate background estimation as a per-beam temporal modeling problem and investigate complementary statistical strategies that capture dominant as well as multi-modal background structures, combined with spatial filtering in the angular and 3D domain. To enable reproducible evaluation, we introduce HighwayScene, a new multi-LiDAR dataset recorded in a static roadside setup, and extend the public CoopScenes dataset with static/dynamic point-wise annotations. Across multiple scenes and heterogeneous sensing technologies, we demonstrate that beam-wise statistical modeling provides a robust and transferable solution. Combining lightweight per-beam models with spatial consistency filtering substantially improves precision while maintaining high recall and real-time capability. All datasets, annotations, and implementations are publicly released.

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