Target tracking with a network of Doppler radars |
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Authors: | Armstrong B Holeman BS |
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Institution: | Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee, WI; |
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Abstract: | By observing a Doppler signal at several points in space, it is possible to determine the position, velocity, and acceleration of a moving target. Parameter identification for a constant-acceleration motion model is studied, and the Cramer-Rao bound on motion parameter uncertainty is obtained for phaseand frequency-based estimation strategies, with the result that the preferred strategy depends upon the sensor/target geometry and target motion. Direct identification of the constant-acceleration trajectory model from the Doppler signal requires a 9-dimensional nonlinear optimization. Exploiting symmetry in the sensing geometry, a novel trajectory representation is presented which reduces the nonlinear optimization to one in 3 dimensions, with additional parameters obtained by linear identification. Baseball tracking using a network of four Doppler radars is experimentally demonstrated |
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