A Novel Sensor Selection and Power Allocation Algorithm for Multiple-Target Tracking in an LPI Radar Network
Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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Sensors 2016, 16(12), 2193; https://doi.org/10.3390/s16122193
Received: 29 October 2016
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Revised: 7 December 2016
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Accepted: 9 December 2016
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Published: 21 December 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Multi-Sensor Information Fusion: Theory and Applications)
Radar networks are proven to have numerous advantages over traditional monostatic and bistatic radar. With recent developments, radar networks have become an attractive platform due to their low probability of intercept (LPI) performance for target tracking. In this paper, a joint sensor selection and power allocation algorithm for multiple-target tracking in a radar network based on LPI is proposed. It is found that this algorithm can minimize the total transmitted power of a radar network on the basis of a predetermined mutual information (MI) threshold between the target impulse response and the reflected signal. The MI is required by the radar network system to estimate target parameters, and it can be calculated predictively with the estimation of target state. The optimization problem of sensor selection and power allocation, which contains two variables, is non-convex and it can be solved by separating power allocation problem from sensor selection problem. To be specific, the optimization problem of power allocation can be solved by using the bisection method for each sensor selection scheme. Also, the optimization problem of sensor selection can be solved by a lower complexity algorithm based on the allocated powers. According to the simulation results, it can be found that the proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the total transmitted power of a radar network, which can be conducive to improving LPI performance.
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Keywords:
low probability of intercept (LPI); mutual information (MI); multiple-target tracking; radar network
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She, J.; Wang, F.; Zhou, J. A Novel Sensor Selection and Power Allocation Algorithm for Multiple-Target Tracking in an LPI Radar Network. Sensors 2016, 16, 2193. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16122193
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She J, Wang F, Zhou J. A Novel Sensor Selection and Power Allocation Algorithm for Multiple-Target Tracking in an LPI Radar Network. Sensors. 2016; 16(12):2193. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16122193
Chicago/Turabian StyleShe, Ji, Fei Wang, and Jianjiang Zhou. 2016. "A Novel Sensor Selection and Power Allocation Algorithm for Multiple-Target Tracking in an LPI Radar Network" Sensors 16, no. 12: 2193. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16122193
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