Markov随机跳变系统的传感器系统误差估计

 针对Markov随机跳变系统的系统误差估计问题,提出一种基于马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗(MCMC)和最大似然估计相结合的在线系统误差估计方法。利用最大似然估计给出系统误差等效后验概率分布函数,采用Metropolis-Hastings抽样方法从该概率分布函数中进行抽样;利用系统误差估计和状态估计互为因果的关系,采用期望极大化(EM)方法迭代估计出最优的系统误差;分别对时变和时不变系统误差场景进行仿真分析,结果表明,在考虑系统误差统计特性的同时,所提方法对解决目标运动模型难以建立情况下的系统误差估计问题具有可行性和有效性。     

基于MCIS技术的相位差变化率单站无源定位

针对最大似然估计（ML）方法求解测相位差变化率单站无源定位问题计算量大、定位慢的问题,本文提出一种利用蒙特卡洛重要性抽样技术（MCIS）高精度、低复杂度的估计方法。根据Pincus定理推导出ML问题的近似全局解,利用重要性抽样（IS）技术构建符合高斯分布概率密度（PDF）的重要性函数,作为样本选取的依据,通过逆变换采样获得样本集,统计样本均值直接得到辐射源位置估计结果。MCIS方法简单易实现且运算量低,能够克服传统ML估计多维网格搜索耗时较长的缺陷,而且对目标位置初始估计误差有较低的敏感性。实验结果表明,MCIS算法在相同测量噪声水平下,定位精度优于EKF、NLS算法,有效减小了初始化估计误差对算法定位精度的影响,也进一步讨论分析了算法参数和不同观测条件对定位性能的影响。     

基于自适应步长选择的周期格型线搜索估计

稀疏、含噪观测条件下周期点过程的周期估计是一个经典的信号处理问题。针对该问题,提出了一种格型线搜索(LLS)算法,该算法通过数值方式搜索似然函数的最大值,但其性能取决于人为预先选取的搜索步长。推导了一个步长计算公式,并利用该公式改进了LLS算法。改进的LLS算法能够自适应选择搜索步长,其达到的克拉美-罗界(CRLB)的信噪比(SNR)门限与最大似然估计(MLE)算法一致,但计算复杂度比后者低一个多的数量级。性能分析与仿真实验表明,所提算法比已有算法能更好地实现估计精度与复杂度的折中。     

一种改进的雷达低空目标仰角估计算法

由于地(海)面反射的多径镜像信号的存在,使雷达低空目标的仰角估计成了难题。而三子孔径算法是针对该难题而提出的一种有效算法。此算法基于极大似然算法将等距线阵均分为三个子孔径,从而简化了估计函数,也使计算量大大减少。本文在三子孔径算法的基础上,利用目标信号与镜像信号在入射角度上的正弦约束条件,给出了一种改进算法。计算机仿真结果显示改进算法在性能上要优于三子孔径算法。     

基于极大似然估计器的GNSS矢量跟踪算法

矢量跟踪是一种将全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)接收机的信号跟踪与导航解算融为一体的跟踪算法。传统的基于矢量延迟/频率锁定环(VDFLL)的跟踪算法普遍采用延迟锁定环(DLL)和锁频环(FLL)鉴别器计算伪距和伪距率偏差观测量,由于锁频环鉴别器存在近似误差和一步延迟效应,在高动态环境下容易造成环路失锁。从直接估计卫星信号特征参数的角度出发,基于中频信号模型构建码相位和载波多普勒的极大似然代价函数,采用非迭代估计算法得到各通道码相位和多普勒频移的估计偏差,转换为卡尔曼滤波器的观测矢量,提出一种基于极大似然估计器(MLE)的矢量跟踪算法。理论分析和仿真结果表明:新算法结合了极大似然估计和矢量跟踪的优点,克服了FLL的延迟效应,与基于VDFLL的矢量环路相比,高动态环境下的跟踪稳定性更好,可以对被遮挡的卫星保持持续的跟踪。     

基于Viterbi算法的扩频码与信息序列联合估计

针对短码DSSS（Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum,直接序列扩频）信号扩频码MLE（Maximum Likelihood Estimation,最大似然估计）问题,提出了一种基于Viterbi算法的扩频码搜索方法,并将其应用到同步CDMA（Code Division Multiple Access,码分多址）信号的扩频码估计中.该算法利用了扩频码码元为±1的先验知识,以向量的2-范数平方或1-范数作为度量值;每次判决扩频码码元时,计算2条可能路径的度量值,并选择使度量值最大的那条路径作为幸存路径,最终的幸存路径即为估计的扩频码;所提算法不仅计算复杂度低,而且能同时估计扩频信号的扩频码和信息序列.仿真实验表明,本算法在低信噪比时同样具有较好的性能.     

直达与非直达环境中的多目标解耦直接定位方法

针对直达（LOS）与非直达（NLOS）环境中的定位问题,提出了一种波形已知条件下的单阵地多目标直接定位（DPD）算法。该算法针对发射时间已知和未知两种情况,利用多径信号到达角度与时延关于障碍物（或反射体）、观测站与目标位置参数的数学关系,建立了三维目标位置的最大似然（ML）函数,无需估计测量参数,避免了传统两步定位方法所需的非直达径识别与数据关联。为了克服多目标定位中的高维非线性优化问题,该算法利用独立波形信息将多目标定位解耦为对各个目标单独求解。通过对目标函数有效近似,算法在发射时间已知和未知两种情况下均仅需三维网格搜索,比相应的两步定位方法具有更低的计算量。此外,基于多径定位场景,推导了发射时间已知和未知两种情况下的位置估计克拉美罗界（CRB）。仿真结果表明：算法的定位性能能够逼近相应的克拉美罗界,比传统两步定位方法和子空间直接定位算法具有更高的定位精度。     

基于最大似然估计的TDOA/FDOA无源定位偏差补偿算法

在到达时差/到达频差(TDOA/FDOA)无源定位系统中,定位问题的非线性使得定位的结果存在偏差,特别是在噪声较大或者接收站布站不合理的情况下,定位的偏差尤其显著。针对这一问题,提出了一种基于最大似然估计的偏差补偿算法。该方法分为3步:首先,利用最大似然估计器对目标的位置和速度进行求解;其次,通过利用目标定位的估计值和含噪的测量值,对目标的位置和速度偏差值进行理论分析和推导;最后,将最大似然估计解减去理论偏差值,得到经过偏差补偿的新的目标定位解。理论分析和实验仿真证明,在一定噪声的情况下,所推导的目标位置和速度的理论偏差值与实际偏差值相符,并且经过偏差补偿后的定位算法,在保持目标定位的均方根误差(RMSE)与原最大似然算法一致的情况下,目标的位置和速度偏差值远远小于原最大似然算法的偏差值,目标定位精度得到了有效的提高。     

修正容积卡尔曼滤波数据域直接定位算法

为解决数据域直接定位（DPD）算法面临的计算压力,提高算法效率,提出一种基于修正的容积卡尔曼滤波（MCKF）的DPD算法。首先,融合各观测信号波达方向信息,利用子空间数据融合方法建立一种基于间接观测量的DPD滤波模型;然后,根据模型特点设计MCKF算法进行求解,解决间接观测量带来的噪声累积问题;最后,对算法计算量进行分析和对比,说明计算效率的提升。仿真结果表明,所提算法与基于最大似然遍历搜索和遗传算法的DPD算法相比,在相同的估计性能下,计算量下降明显,时效性显著提升,增加了算法实用价值。     

嵌套阵列最大似然估计测向算法

针对在辐射源个数未知的条件下嵌套阵列难以估计多个辐射源角度的问题,提出了基于最大似然估计(MLE)的嵌套阵列角度估计算法。算法在嵌套阵列模型的基础上,首先通过推导阵列截获多辐射源信号的最大似然函数及其梯度,利用最速下降法估计出空域中所有潜在辐射源的角度;然后,通过多元假设检验,利用最大似然比与门限进行比较,确定出空域中所有潜在辐射源中某一时刻发射信号的活跃辐射源角度,排除其余噪声形成的虚假辐射源角度,解决了在辐射源个数未知条件下嵌套阵列对多个辐射源角度估计问题。仿真结果表明:与传统多重信号分类(MUSIC)算法相比,该算法在辐射源数目未知、存在相干信号、低信噪比(SNR)、低快拍数条件下,均具有较好的角度估计精度,并且算法形成的虚拟阵列自由度是空间平滑MUSIC算法的2倍;多元假设检验法比传统信源数目估计算法在低信噪比条件下和处理相干信号方面具有明显优势。     

Maximum Likelihood DOA Estimation in Unknown Colored Noise Fields

Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation in unknown noise environments is an important but challenging problem. Several methods based on maximum likelihood (ML) criteria and parameterization of signals or noise covariances have been established. Generally, to obtain the exact ML (EML) solutions, the DOAs must be jointly estimated along with other noise or signal parameters by optimizing a complicated nonlinear function over a high-dimensional problem space. Although the computation complexity can be reduced via derivation of suboptimal approximate ML (AML) functions using large sample assumption or least square criteria, nevertheless the AML estimators still require multi-dimensional search and the accuracy is lost to some extent. A particle swarm optimization (PSO) based solution is proposed here to compute the EML functions and explore the potential superior performances. A key characteristic of PSO is that the algorithm itself is highly robust yet remarkably simple to implement, while processing similar capabilities as other evolutionary algorithms such as the genetic algorithm (GA). Simulation results confirm the advantage of paring PSO with EML, and the PSO-EML estimator is shown to significantly outperform AML-based techniques in various scenarios at less computational costs.     

Multiple radar targets estimation by exploiting induced amplitude modulation

This work deals with the problem of estimating complex amplitudes, Doppler frequencies, and directions of arrival (DOA) of multiple targets present in the same range-azimuth resolution cell of a surveillance radar. The maximum likelihood (ML) and the asymptotic (large sample size) ML (AML) estimators are derived. To reduce the computational complexity of the maximization of the nonlinear two-dimensional criterion function of the AML estimator, we propose a computationally efficient algorithm based on the RELAXation method. It allows decoupling the problem of jointly estimating the parameters of the signal components into a sequence of simpler problems, where the parameters of each component are separately and iteratively estimated. The proposed method overcomes the resolution limitation of the classical monopulse technique and resolves multiple targets exhibiting an arbitrarily small difference in azimuth as long as their Doppler frequencies differ at least by the inverse of the number of integrated pulses, provided that enough signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) per pulse is available. The performance of the proposed AML-RELAX estimator is numerically investigated through Monte Carlo simulation and Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) calculation.     

Statistical description of monopulse parameters for trackingRayleigh targets

The conditional probability density function (pdf) is developed for each monopulse measurement of a Rayleigh target by conditioning the pdf of the complex monopulse ratio on the measured amplitude of the sum signal. The conditional pdf is used to develop the conditional Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) for any unbiased estimator of the direction-of-arrival (DOA). Conditional maximum likelihood (CML) and conditional method of moments (CMM) estimators of the DOA are developed along with estimates of the variances associated with the monopulse ratio and DOA estimate. Using simulation results, the performances of the CML and CMM estimators of the DOA are compared with the performance of standard monopulse ratio and the performances of the variance estimators are also studied     

利用重要性采样的时差-频差联合估计算法

针对无源定位中参考信号真实值未知的时差(TDOA)-频差(FDOA)联合估计问题,构建了一种新的时差-频差最大似然(ML)估计模型,并采用重要性采样(IS)方法求解似然函数极大值,得到时差-频差联合估计。算法通过生成时差-频差样本,并统计样本加权均值得到估计值,克服了传统互模糊函数(CAF)算法只能得到时域和频域采样间隔整数倍估计值的问题,且不存在期望最大化(EM)等迭代算法的初值依赖和收敛问题。推导了时差-频差联合估计的克拉美罗下界(CRLB),并通过仿真实验表明,算法的计算复杂度适中,估计精度优于CAF算法和EM算法,在不同信噪比条件下估计误差接近CRLB。     

DOA estimation under unknown mutual coupling and multipath

We propose a new method for direction of arrival (DOA) estimation in the presence of multipath propagation and mutual coupling for a frequency hopping (FH) system. With the use of pilot symbols and assuming perfect time-frequency synchronization for a linear array, we take mutual coupling and multipath propagation into account, and derive a maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for both the mutual coupling matrix and DOA estimation. We then formulate an iterative alternating minimization (AM) algorithm for finding the mutual coupling and DOA parameters in an alternate manner. Simulation results illustrating the performance of the algorithm and comparison with the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) are also presented.     

Approximate Maximum Likelihood Algorithm for Moving Source Localization Using TDOA and FDOA Measurements

 A closed-form approximate maximum likelihood (AML) algorithm for estimating the position and velocity of a moving source is proposed by utilizing the time difference of arrival (TDOA) and frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) measurements of a signal received at a number of receivers. The maximum likelihood (ML) technique is a powerful tool to solve this problem. But a direct approach that uses the ML estimator to solve the localization problem is exhaustive search in the solution space, and it is very computationally expensive, and prohibits real-time processing. On the basis of ML function, a closed-form approximate solution to the ML equations can be obtained, which can allow real-time implementation as well as global convergence. Simulation results show that the proposed estimator achieves better performance than the two-step weighted least squares (WLS) approach, which makes it possible to attain the Cram閞-Rao lower bound (CRLB) at a sufficiently high noise level before the threshold effect occurs.     

DOA estimation by exploiting the amplitude modulation induced by antenna scanning

We propose a beamsplitting-like approach to estimate the directions of arrival (DOA) of multiple radar targets present in the mainlobe of a rotating antenna. The proposed method is based on the maximum likelihood (ML) technique and it avoids the need for a difference channel by exploiting knowledge of the antenna main beam pattern. Two scenarios are considered: multiple targets with unknown deterministic complex amplitudes and multiple targets with Gaussian distributed random complex amplitudes. The performance of the proposed estimator is investigated through Monte Carlo simulation and it is compared with the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB).     

On radar detection and direction finding using sparse arrays

The potential performance of radar systems employing sparse arrays is investigated. Different sparse array geometries are evaluated with respect to detection and estimation performance. We present appropriate tools for analytical computation of the detection and estimation performance of the likelihood ratio test (LRT) and the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE), respectively. Particular attention is paid to the effect of ambiguity errors on system performance. The results show that sparse arrays have several advantages over nonsparse arrays, but that ambiguities deteriorate performance when sidelobe interference is present. Some ways to mitigate the ambiguity effects on system performance are briefly discussed.     

一种适用于任意阵列的极化和二维DOA联合估计算法

提出了一种适用于任意阵列的极化和二维DOA联合估计算法。该算法基于信号空时二维结构特征,利用空域采样和时域采样构造时空矩阵,通过DOA矩阵方法进行极化和二维DOA参数估计,不需要二维谱峰搜索,计算量小。仿真实验证明了算法的有效性。     

Monopulse-radar tracking of swerling III-IV targets using multiple observations

This paper proposes a novel statistical prediction of monopulse errors (Levanon, 1988) for a radar Swerling III-IV target embedded in noise or noise jamming where multiple observations are available. First, the study of the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of the complex monopulse ratio for a Swerling III-IV target embedded in spatially white noise allows us to extend the use of the MLE practical approximate form introduced by Mosca (1969) for Swerling 0-I-II cases. Afterward, we derive analytical formulas for both the mean and variance of the MLE in approximate form conditioned by the usual detection step performed on the sum channel of a monopulse antenna. Last, we provide a comparison of target direction of arrival (DOA) estimation performance based on monopulse ratio estimation as a function of the Swerling model in the context of a multifunction radar.