Distributed target tracking in multiple widely separated radar architectures

Hana Godrich, Ali Tajer, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

Tracking the location of a maneuvering target by a set of widely separated multiple transmit and receive radars can be done in a centralized way, where all raw measured data is communicated to a fusion center (FC), in a decentralized manner, or in a distribute approach. In this paper a distributed operational mode is proposed, in which a local tracker is implemented at each receive radar, offering redundancy, in addition to communication savings. All receivers share the set of available transmit antennas. The information exchanged among the local trackers, or local FCs, is limited to the predicted target state. Each local predictor is updated based on predictions collected from all other FCs, treated as a set of experts' advice. An exponential weighted average forecaster is derived, resulting in a local prediction loss that is upper-bounded by the best expert performance with a minimal cost in term of information exchange.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 IEEE 7th Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM 2012
Pages153-156
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE 7th Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM 2012 - Hoboken, NJ, United States
Duration: Jun 17 2012Jun 20 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop
ISSN (Electronic)2151-870X

Other

Other2012 IEEE 7th Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHoboken, NJ
Period6/17/126/20/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Control and Systems Engineering

Keywords

  • CRB
  • MIMO radar
  • Multistatic radar
  • resource allocation
  • target localization

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