Beam resource scheduling for a VHF-MIMO radar network in low-angle tracking

The low-angle tracking in multipath interference is a challenging problem for the Very High Frequency (VHF) radar. The colocated Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) technique can remedy such a defect. In this paper, a Joint Beam-Target Assignment and Power Allocation (JBTAPA) strategy is proposed for the VHF-MIMO radar network tracking low-angle targets. The core of the JBTAPA strategy is to improve the worst tracking accuracy among multiple targets by assigning appropriate beams to targets and allocating the power resource in each beam using the feedback information in the tracking cycle. Taking into account the transmit multipath and receive multipath, we derive the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) on angle estimate, which is then incorporated in the Predicted Conditional CRLB (PC-CRLB). A more accurate and consistent lower bound is provided as the optimization metric since the PC-CRLB is based on the most recently realized measurements. A two-stage-based technique is proposed to solve the JBTAPA problem, which is originally NP-hard. Simulation results verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method. The results also imply that the target reflectivity plays one of the important roles in resource allocation.     

非死锁合同网协议驱动的多机分布式时序任务分配

针对多无人机协同任务分配的时序约束问题，提出了基于非死锁合同网协议(DF CNP)的分布式时序任务分配方法，从理论上避免任务死锁，提升分配结果最优性。定义了局部信息条件下时序任务死锁判据，通过检测时序任务图环路状态与顶点可达性，判定分配方案的全局死锁状态，保证分配结果的可行性。定制了最近邻-深度优先混合搜索算法，在合同网排序过程中优先选择最近邻任务，并结合死锁判据递归回溯，在分布式架构下并行生成满足死锁约束的任务排序方案，提升分配结果的最优性。仿真对比结果表明：相比于非死锁遗传算法(TB GA)，DF CNP在求解效率方面具有显著优势；与耦合约束一致性束算法(CBBA TCC)相比，DF CNP结果最优性明显提升。