A joint adaptive tracking algorithm based on waveform and detection threshold of cognitive radars is proposed to effectively improve the uncertainty of radar target tracking in cluttered background. Firstly
an uncertainty model for the information entropy of radar target tracking is given
and the determinant of the covariance of filtering errors is proposed to describe the uncertainty of target state tracking. Then
an approximation of measurement error covariance of a single Gaussian linear frequency modulation(LFM)pulse with waveform and false alarm probability parameters is given based on the theory of time delay-Doppler resolution cell. Finally
inspired by human “perception-action” cycle mechanism
an adaptive waveform and detection threshold tracking algorithm is designed based on minimizing the information entropy as a cost function. Simulation results and a comparison with the traditional algorithm show that
from the point of view of information entropy
the proposed joint adaptive algorithm reduces the uncertainty of target tracking by more than 30%
and the overall tracking performance is significantly improved.
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