Waveform Selection for Maneuvering Targets Within an IMM Framework

We consider radar waveform selection algorithms for tracking accelerating targets. Tracking is handled within an interacting multiple model (IMM) framework, which produces a number of potential cost functions for minimization. The waveform library is obtained by implementing a fractional Fourier transform on a base waveform, thereby rotating its ambiguity function around its peak. This has the effect of rotating the lower bound of measurement covariance in the range-Doppler plane. Simulation results consider a number of potential cost functions, and show robustness to cases in which the target modes are not precisely known.

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