Waveform selection for target tracking of radar seeker

Abstract

In order to study the waveform selection of radar seeker in the terminal guidance and tracking phase, this paper proposes a waveform selection algorithm in the guidance and tracking process of cognitive radar seeker. Firstly, we establish the processing flow of radar seeker waveform selection by combining the seeker guidance and observation filtering models; Secondly, we use the interactive multiple model unscented Kalman filter (IMMUKF) algorithm to solve the nonlinear tracking problem. We minimize tracking error by searching for waveform parameters based on the maximum mutual information criterion. The simulation results show that the waveform selection algorithm can effectively improve the seeker tracking accuracy and provide stable guidance overload.

Keywords

• target tracking|cognitive radar|seeker|waveform selection