Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores a plurality of data points and stores instructions that cause the LIDAR system to: generate the plurality of data points associated with one or more return beams corresponding to one or more optical beams transmitted towards a target; perform a plurality of processing operations on the plurality of data points to generate a point cloud corresponding to the target, wherein a first processing operation of the plurality of processing operations is configured to output a pair of indices as input to a second processing operation of the plurality of processing operations, the pair of indices referring to memory locations of a first data point and a second data point of the plurality of data points, respectively; and calculate a range and a velocity of the target based on the point cloud.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes an optical receiver to generate a plurality of data points associated with one or more return beams from a target of the LIDAR system, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores the plurality of data points and stores instructions that cause the LIDAR system to: perform a processing operation on a first data point of the plurality of data points to determine a second data point of the plurality of data points with which to modify the first data point; generate, as output of the processing operation, a first index to a first memory location of the first data point and a second index to a second memory location of the second data point; and generate a point cloud corresponding to the target based on the first data point as modified by the second data point.