Radar Waveform Selection for Maneuvering Target Tracking in Clutter with PDA-RBPF and Max-Q-Based Criterion
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<p>Radar system for maneuvering target tracking in clutter scenario.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Block diagram of novel PDA-RBPF tracking algorithm.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Block diagram of Max-Q-based waveform selection mechanism.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Comparison of tracking algorithms in clutter scenario.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>RMSE comparison of different tracking algorithms.</p> "> Figure 6
<p>Tracking results of PDA-RBPF using different waveform selection mechanisms.</p> "> Figure 7
<p>RMSE comparison using different waveform selection mechanisms in PDA-RBPF.</p> "> Figure 8
<p>Waveform parameters selected by different methods at each time instant.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Overview and Problem Formulation
3. Target Tracking Model and Its Algorithm Framework
- Initializing particles and parameters
- Kalman measurement updating for the linear state
- Calculating the predictive measurement
- Determining whether a measurement falls within the validation region
- The probability of a validated measurement from the target and its association measurement
- Normalizing the importance weights
- Calculating the number of effective particles
- Particle filter state updating for the nonlinear state
- Kalman state updating
4. Adaptive Waveform Selection Mechanism and Discussion
4.1. Criterion-Based Optimization Methods
4.1.1. Minimum Mean Square Error Criterion
4.1.2. Maximum Mutual Information Criterion
4.1.3. Minimum Gate Criterion
4.2. The Proposed Max-Q-Based Criterion
5. Simulations and Analysis
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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ARMSE | ||||
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Max-Q | 0.9738 | 0.9536 | 0.4453 | 0.6590 |
Fixed-waveform | 1.5853 | 1.5923 | 0.4629 | 1.2830 |
Min-MSE | 1.2831 | 1.2490 | 0.4552 | 0.8850 |
Max-MI | 1.5042 | 1.4540 | 0.4544 | 1.0707 |
Min-Gate | 1.2772 | 1.1897 | 0.4836 | 1.1497 |
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Feng, X.; Sun, P.; Liang, M.; Wang, X.; Zhao, Z.; Zhou, Z. Radar Waveform Selection for Maneuvering Target Tracking in Clutter with PDA-RBPF and Max-Q-Based Criterion. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 1925. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111925
Feng X, Sun P, Liang M, Wang X, Zhao Z, Zhou Z. Radar Waveform Selection for Maneuvering Target Tracking in Clutter with PDA-RBPF and Max-Q-Based Criterion. Remote Sensing. 2024; 16(11):1925. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111925
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeng, Xiang, Ping Sun, Mingzhi Liang, Xudong Wang, Zhanfeng Zhao, and Zhiquan Zhou. 2024. "Radar Waveform Selection for Maneuvering Target Tracking in Clutter with PDA-RBPF and Max-Q-Based Criterion" Remote Sensing 16, no. 11: 1925. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111925