无需中间变量的多运动站时差定位新算法

传统时差(TDOA)定位模型通过引入中间变量来得到线性方程,需要两步求解过程且该模型不适合多运动站连续定位。为此,引入无需中间变量的时差定位模型,并在此基础上提出了一种约束加权最小二乘定位算法。首先将基于该模型的时差定位问题转换为加权最小二乘问题,然后推导代入时差测量值后观测矩阵和观测向量的误差项,将其每一列表示为确定矩阵与随机时差测量噪声向量乘积的形式,并基于此推导了关于目标状态的二次约束方程,最终只需通过广义特征值分解来得到目标状态估计,并推导了该估计的解析表达式。仿真结果表明所提算法的连续定位性能逼近克拉美罗-限且所得定位解渐近无偏。     

距离信息对DDFRC算法定位误差的影响与分析

在固定单站无源定位算法中,基于角度(Direct of Arrival)、角度变化率(Direct of Arrival Rate-of-Change)、多普勒频率(Doppler Frequency)和多普勒频率变化率(Doppler Frequency Rate-of-Change)4个观测信息实现定位(即DDFRC定位)算法仅通过单次观测即可实现对目标辐射源的定位。文中通过转移观测的卡尔曼滤波对定位结果进行平滑,较原有算法拥有更好的跟踪效果。同时,对定位误差进行了定量分析,并将距离信息引入算法的仿真分析之中,详细讨论了各个观测量误差在不同距离时对算法定位性能的影响,根据仿真结果,结合定位误差的定量分析对算法性能做出评价。通过仿真分析,得到了定位算法对不同距离下各参数的精度要求,从而为在实际系统中使用该定位算法提供了参考。     

基于短时时差序列的无源定位方法

针对脉冲辐射源定位问题,提出了一种基于短时时差(TDOA)序列的多站无源定位新方法.首先建立了TDoA序列模型,然后推导了该方法定位误差的克拉美罗下限(CRLB),并提出了一种高效的解算方法--两步定位法(TSLM):第1步利用TDOA序列线性估计出TDOA及其变化率信息,第2步基于TDOA及其变化率信息进行定位.典型...     

传感器位置误差条件下仅用到达频率差的无源定位性能分析

传感器自身的位置误差对辐射源的无源定位精度可能有较大影响,详细分析并推导了在存在传感器位置误差条件下,仅使用到达频率差(FDOA)参数对辐射源定位时,定位精度的克拉美罗下限(CRLB)和均方误差(MSE).在传感器位置误差条件下,提出仅用FDOA来同时估计辐射源和传感器位置的泰勒级数方法,并证明该定位方法理论上的MSE...     

空基平台无源定位的误差推导与精度分析

为研究双机无源定位的误差精度,对无源定位误差公式进行了推导,并采用数字仿真的方法对间距、目标位置、测角精度以及平台测量误差对定位精度的影响进行了分析。分析结果表明,平台的几何位置对误差影响较大,保证目标交汇角在一定范围内,是保证定位精度的有效方法。     

存在观测站位置误差的转发式时差无源定位

无源定位中,由于观测站安放在运动平台等原因造成的观测站位置误差会影响无源定位精度性能。另外到达时间差(简称时差)(TDOA)的转发式测量需要将不同观测站截获到的辐射源信号都转发到同一位置,如主观测站。针对这两个问题,提出了基于约束总体最小二乘(CTLS)的无源定位算法。首先将转发式时差的非线性定位方程转化为不需要中间变量的直接线性方程,再基于CTLS算法依次转化为约束优化问题和无约束优化问题,最后推导给出定位近似闭式解。仿真实验表明在观测站误差较大时,该算法与其他算法相比定位精度性能较好。     

基于单个长基线干涉仪的运动单站直接定位

针对以往单站无源定位系统中采用的多通道干涉仪或阵列测向系统复杂、易受通道间幅相不一致性影响等缺点,提出了一种基于信号子空间分解的运动单站单个长基线干涉仪(LBI)直接定位(DPD)方法。该方法采用量子粒子群优化(QPSO)方法获得定位初值,再利用Newton迭代方法得到精估计值。仿真结果表明:增加观测器的机动性,可对辐射源实现快速无模糊的定位;定位性能在较高信噪比(SNR)下可接近定位误差的克拉美-罗下限(CRLB),在低信噪比下优于多通道干涉仪仅测角(BO)和长基线相位差变化率定位方法。     

基于单个长基线干涉仪的运动单站直接定位

 针对以往单站无源定位系统中采用的多通道干涉仪或阵列测向系统复杂、易受通道间幅相不一致性影响等缺点,提出了一种基于信号子空间分解的运动单站单个长基线干涉仪(LBI)直接定位(DPD)方法。该方法采用量子粒子群优化(QPSO)方法获得定位初值,再利用Newton迭代方法得到精估计值。仿真结果表明:增加观测器的机动性,可对辐射源实现快速无模糊的定位;定位性能在较高信噪比(SNR)下可接近定位误差的克拉美-罗下限(CRLB),在低信噪比下优于多通道干涉仪仅测角(BO)和长基线相位差变化率定位方法。     

一种运动双站多脉冲无源定位算法

针对运动双站对已知高度的地面目标辐射源高精度定位问题,借鉴SAR成像原理和直接定位法思想,提出了一种利用空中两运动侦察站接收到目标多脉冲信号间的到达时间差(TDOA)和到达频率差(FDOA)信息的无源定位算法。采样时将观测时间分为快时间和慢时间,在快时间域估计时差,慢时间域估计频差,具体方法为:首先将两侦察站的采样信号在频域互相关,然后利用参考函数和广义Keystone变换消除距离单元徙动,再通过二维傅里叶变换得到目标位置点的TDOA和FDOA联合估计值,最后将时差频差联合估计值通过几何关系映射到目标的空间位置。仿真结果表明信噪比较高时逼近直接定位法的克拉美罗下限(CRLB),信噪比较低时仍然可以定位。此外,本文算法不仅计算量小,且适用于不可区分多目标辐射源定位问题,具有高精度和超分辨特性。     

仅用相位差变化率的机载单站无源定位方法及其误差分析

针对以往单站无源定位系统中长短基线干涉仪系统复杂、角度测量易受干涉仪通道幅度/相位不一致的影响等问题,提出了一种仅仅利用长基线干涉仪(LBI)的相位差变化率实现单站无源定位的新方法,并对该定位方法误差的克拉美-罗下限(CRLB)进行了推导和分析,计算并分析了不同的干涉仪基线安装方向、不同的观测器运动方式下的定位误差几何分布(GDOP)。结果表明,仅用相位差变化率定位时,为了达到侧翼最好精度,干涉仪最好平行机身安装;为了达到侧前方较好精度,干涉仪需垂直安装;观测器的运动姿态最好发生某种机动变化。     

Ballistic missile track initiation from satellite observations

An algorithm is presented to initiate tracks of a ballistic missile in the initial exoatmospheric phase, using line of sight (LOS) measurements from one or more moving platforms (typically satellites). The major feature of this problem is the poor target motion observability which results in a very ill-conditioned estimation problem. The Gauss-Newton iterative least squares minimization algorithm for estimating the state of a nonlinear deterministic system with nonlinear noisy measurements has been previously applied to the problem of angles-only orbit determination using more than three observations. A major shortcoming of this approach is that convergence of the algorithm depends strongly on the initial guess. By using the more sophisticated Levenberg-Marquardt method in place of the simpler Gauss-Newton algorithm and by developing robust new methods for obtaining the initial guess in both single and multiple satellite scenarios, the above mentioned difficulties have been overcome. In addition, an expression for the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) on the error covariance matrix of the estimate is derived. We also incorporate additional partial information as an extra pseudomeasurement and determine a modified maximum likelihood (ML) estimate of the target state and the associated bound on the covariance matrix. In most practical situations, probabilistic models of the target altitude and/or speed at the initial point constitute the most useful additional information. Monte Carlo simulation studies on some typical scenarios were performed, and the results indicate that the estimation errors are commensurate with the theoretical lower bounds, thus illustrating that the proposed estimators are efficient     

传感器位置误差条件下的约束总体最小二乘时差定位算法

 现代定位系统中,传感器往往被安放在运动平台上,其位置无法精确得知,存在估计误差,将严重影响对目标的定位精度。针对这一问题,提出基于约束总体最小二乘(CTLS)的到达时差(TDOA)定位算法。首先通过引入中间变量,将非线性TDOA定位方程转化为伪线性方程,再利用CTLS技术,全面考虑伪线性方程所有系数中的噪声。在此基础上推导了定位方程的目标函数,再根据牛顿迭代方法,进行数值迭代,快速得到精确解。采用一阶小噪声扰动分析方法,对该算法的理论性能进行了分析,证明了算法的无偏性和逼近克拉美-罗下限(CRLB)。仿真实验表明,该算法克服了现有总体最小二乘(TLS)算法不能达到CRLB、两步加权最小二乘(two-step WLS)算法在较高噪声时性能发散的缺陷,在较高噪声时定位精度仍然能达到CRLB。     

Moving target localization in distributed MIMO radar with transmitter and receiver location uncertainties

In this paper, the problem of moving target localization from Bistatic Range(BR) and Bistatic Range Rate(BRR) measurements in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output(MIMO) radar system having widely separated antennas is investigated. We consider a practically motivated scenario,where the accurate knowledge of transmitter and receiver locations is not known and only the nominal values are available for processing. With the transmitter and receiver location uncertainties,which are usually neglected in MIMO radar systems by prior studies, taken into account in the measurement model, we develop a novel algebraic solution to reduce the estimation error for moving target localization. The proposed algorithm is based on the pseudolinear set of equations and two-step weighted least squares estimation. The Cramer-Rao Lower Bound(CRLB) is derived in the presence of transmitter and receiver location uncertainties. Theoretical accuracy analysis demonstrates that the proposed solution attains the CRLB, and numerical examples show that the proposed solution achieves significant performance improvement over the existing algorithms.     

Passive Array Tracking of a Continuous Wave Transmitting Projectile

Differential Doppler measurements by a passive array are used to track an unstable continuous wave (CW) source moving in a ballistic trajectory, e.g., a projectile carrying a proximity fuse. The ballistic equations of motion couple frequency measurements at various sections along the track with the track parameters at any arbitrary time, e.g., at impact. A nonlinear weighted leastsquare method is used to estimate the track parameters, and the resulting error covariance matrix is derived. A numerical example demonstrates the relative contributions of various frequency measurements to the estimation accuracy.     

传感器参数误差下的运动目标TDOA/FDOA无源定位算法

在运动目标无源定位系统中，许多算法的前提是精确已知传感器的位置以及速度，但实际情况下可利用的传感器的参数均会存在一些噪声扰动。针对这一问题，提出一种改进的两步加权最小二乘（TSWLS）时差（TDOA）与频差（FDOA）定位算法。该算法是一种闭式算法并且分为2步。第1步与经典的两步加权最小二乘算法相同，第2步进一步研究了额外变量与目标参数之间的关系并且建立了新的矩阵方程。随后，利用加权最小二乘技术给出了最终解。理论分析证明了在测量噪声较小时该算法能够达到克拉美罗界（CRLB）。所提算法具有计算复杂度低，实时性高的优点；另外，经过适当的维度调整，该算法同样适用于对多非相交源进行定位求解。计算机仿真进一步证明了理论分析的正确性。     

Geolocation of a known altitude object from TDOA and FDOA measurements

Most satellite systems for locating an object on Earth use only time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurements. When there are relative motions between an emitter and receivers, frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) measurements can be used as well. Often, the altitude of an object is known (it is zero, for example) or can be measured with an altimeter. Two sets of geolocation solutions are proposed which exploit the altitude constraint to improve the localization accuracy. One is for TDOAs alone and the other for the combination of TDOA and FDOA measurements. The additional complexity by imposing the constraint is a one-dimensional Newton's search and the rooting of a polynomial. The covariance matrices of the new estimators are derived under a small measurement noise assumption and shown to attain the constrained Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB). When there is a bias error in the assumed altitude, using the altitude constraint will introduce a bias to the solution. Since applying the constraint decreases the variance, there is a tradeoff between variance and bias in the mean square error (MSE). The maximum allowable altitude error such that the constraint solution will remain superior to the unconstraint is given. Simulation results are included to corroborate the theoretical development.     

基于定位误差修正的运动目标TDOA/FDOA无源定位方法

针对时差(TDOA)、频差(FDOA)无源定位的两步加权最小二乘(TSWLS)方法定位均方根误差(RMSE)和定位偏差适应测量噪声能力差的问题,在分析了影响两步法定位性能的因素基础上提出一种基于一阶泰勒级数展开的定位误差修正方法。该方法的第1步和两步法相同;其第2步避免了两步法第2步中引入估计偏差的平方运算,利用一阶泰勒级数展开得到第1步定位误差的线性最小均方估计,修正第1步定位结果得到目标位置和速度的最终估计,从理论上证明了该方法可以达到定位的克拉美罗下限(CRLB)。计算机仿真对比了新方法和TSWLS方法、基于泰勒级数(TS)展开的迭代极大似然(ML)方法以及约束总体最小二乘(CTLS)方法的定位性能,新算法复杂度和两步法相当,且均方误差和定位偏差低于两步法、泰勒级数法和CTLS方法。     

均方意义下三维雷达无偏转换测量误差协方差阵的推导

在以前的研究中,无偏转测量误差协方差阵是基于当前测量值得到的.为了能利用所有历史数据以得到更精确的转换测量误差协方差阵估计,文中在均方意义下,推导了三维雷达的最优无偏转换测量误差协方差阵.