Direct Target Joint Detection and Tracking Based on Passive Multi-Static Radar

Traditional target tracking is carried out based on the point measurements extracted from the radar resolution cells. This is not suitable for situations of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this paper, we aim to investigate the problem of the joint detection and tracking (JDT) of a target by dire...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-02, Vol.15 (3), p.624
Main Authors: Chen, Yiqi, Wei, Ping, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Mingyi, Li, Wanchun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Bernoulli filter
direct target tracking
Doppler effect
joint detection and tracking
Kinematics
Localization
Matched filters
Multistatic radar
particle filter
passive multi-static radar
Radar
Radar resolution
Radar tracking
Remote sensing
Sensors
Signal processing
Signal to noise ratio
Surveillance
Target detection
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Summary:Traditional target tracking is carried out based on the point measurements extracted from the radar resolution cells. This is not suitable for situations of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this paper, we aim to investigate the problem of the joint detection and tracking (JDT) of a target by directly using the received signals of passive multi-static radar without feeding the signals to matched filters. To this end, a novel likelihood function is proposed exploiting the statistical properties of coherent processing between the reference and surveillance signals. With such a likelihood function, the particle Bernoulli filter is employed to perform direct JDT (DJDT) of the target. A remarkable feature of the proposed method is that it is able to achieve satisfactory performance when the SNR of received signals is low. Furthermore, the proposed method cannot only achieve the existence and kinematic state of the target, but also the time-varying SNR of each receiver, which serves as an important input for sensor adjustment. The performance of the proposed method is verified via simulations.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs15030624