Simulation assessment of RCS-aided multiple target tracking

Darin T. Dunham; Lisa M. Ehrman; W. Dale Blair; Susan A. Frost

doi:10.1117/12.740892

21 September 2007 Simulation assessment of RCS-aided multiple target tracking

Darin T. Dunham, Lisa M. Ehrman, W. Dale Blair, Susan A. Frost

Proceedings Volume 6699, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2007; 66991D (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740892
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Closely-spaced (but resolved) targets pose a significant challenge for single-frame unique measurement-to-track data association algorithms. This is due to the similarity of the Mahalanobis distances between the closely-spaced measurements and tracks. Contrary to conventional wisdom, adding target feature information (e.g., target amplitude) does not necessarily improve the probability of correctly assigning measurements to tracks. In this paper, the theoretical limitations of using radar cross section (RCS) data to aid in measurement-totrack association are reviewed. The results of a high-fidelity simulation assessment of the benefits of RCSaided measurement-to-track association (using the Signal-to-Noise Ratio) are given and other possibilities for RCS-aided tracking are discussed. Namely, we show the analytical results of our investigation into using RCS information to determine the presence of merged measurements.

Citation Download Citation

Darin T. Dunham, Lisa M. Ehrman, W. Dale Blair, and Susan A. Frost "Simulation assessment of RCS-aided multiple target tracking", Proc. SPIE 6699, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2007, 66991D (21 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740892

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available