Title
An EM Algorithm for Multipath State Estimation in OTHR Target Tracking
Abstract
Multi-path tracks of a single target exist in skywave over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) surveillance, due to the availability of multiple signal propagation paths through the ionosphere. Different from the traditional multipath data association and estimation methods for OTHR target tracking, a novel scheme for joint multipath data association and state estimation (JMAE) is developed based on the expectation-maximization (EM) framework. The proposed scheme has the iterative optimization of identification (including data association and ionospheric mode identification) and estimation (including path-conditional state estimation and multipath track fusion). Due to the mechanism of iterative optimization, the closed loop between identification and estimation is established, which is desirable to deal with the coupling issue of identification risk and estimation errors. The simulation shows that JMAE is superior to the well-known multipath probabilistic data association (MPDA).
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TSP.2014.2318134
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
path-conditional state estimation,expectation-maximisation algorithm,expectation-maximization,joint identification and estimation,skywave over-the-horizon radar surveillance,skywave othr surveillance,identification risk,target tracking,estimation errors,othr target tracking,mpda,multipath,jmae,multipath track fusion,multipath channels,multiple signal propagation paths,multipath tracks,iterative optimization,multipath state estimation,em framework,expectation-maximization framework,ionospheric mode identification,ionosphere,othr,radar tracking,multipath probabilistic data association,joint multipath data association,sensor fusion,clutter,time measurement,expectation maximization
Multipath propagation,Radar,Radar tracker,Expectation–maximization algorithm,Control theory,Clutter,Probabilistic logic,Mathematics,Radio propagation,Skywave
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
11
1053-587X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.34
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hua Lan152.40
Yan Liang215423.49
Quan Pan352140.66
Feng Yang444.12
Chao Guan510.34