A joint resource allocation method for multiple targets tracking in distributed MIMO radar systems

Autor: Xiyu Song, Nae Zheng, Shuhao Yan, Haiwen Li
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Vol 2018, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-6180
DOI: 10.1186/s13634-018-0587-z
Popis: Abstract In order to simultaneously improve system performance and resource utilization of distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems, a joint resource allocation method is proposed to address the velocity estimation problem for multiple targets tracking in this paper. The paper focuses to improve the tracking performance for key targets using the remaining resources when the general targets have obtained resources to reach to tracking requirements. Firstly, a criterion minimizing the velocity estimation mean square error (MSE) for a key target is considered. Restricted by limited and relatively sufficient system resources and given velocity estimation requirements for general targets, a joint resource allocation optimization model with transmitters, receivers, transmitted power, and signal time is established. We propose a suboptimal method to approximately solve this problem. The method separates the optimization into three steps, where each step transforms the corresponding mixed-Boolean optimization problem into a second-order cone programming (SOCP) problem by convex relaxation. Finally, the approximately optimal solution can be obtained by cyclic minimization method. Extensive simulations indicate that compared with other methods, the proposed joint method can achieve the lowest velocity estimation MSE with the fewest transmitters. Meanwhile, limited by the given velocity estimation MSE, the proposed method can focus on the key target and achieve the whole velocity estimation error minimization while a greater flexibility for target tracking number can be obtained. Moreover, random experiments can further validate and evaluate the proposed method’s effectiveness and traceability with the given scenario.
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