Abstract
In multiple target tracking with radar, weak target measurements are often hard to observe due to masking by sidelobes of measurements from stronger targets. The result is lost tracks and deteriorated joint tracking performance. In this work, we design configurable waveforms and adjust the positioning of their ambiguity function (AF) sidelobes to unmask weak targets and improve tracking performance. To track multiple targets, we develop a tracker that is based on the likelihood particle filter and the independent partitions proposal method. The proposed independent partitions likelihood particle filter (IPLPF) accurately processes the high resolution measurements resulting from the use of Björck CAZAC sequences that we use to construct our configurable waveforms and tracks a fixed and known number of targets. We provide simulation results that demonstrate the improvement in tracking performance of multiple targets when using adaptively configured MCPC Björck CAZAC waveforms versus using non-adaptive configurations or single Björck CAZACs.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008 |
Pages | 1188-1192 |
Number of pages | 5 |
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Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Event | 2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008 - Pacific Grove, CA, United States Duration: 26 Oct 2008 → 29 Oct 2008 |
Other
Other | 2008 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ASILOMAR 2008 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Pacific Grove, CA |
Period | 26/10/08 → 29/10/08 |