Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane

Abstract The problem of motion modelling in the range‐Doppler (R‐D) plane as well as range and Doppler estimation for the Cartesian nearly constant acceleration motion, which is a common manoeuvering motion, is investigated. The temporal evolution equation is derived based on the state vector consis...

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Main Authors: Keyi Li, Zhengkun Guo, Gongjian Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-12-01
Series:IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12157
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description Abstract The problem of motion modelling in the range‐Doppler (R‐D) plane as well as range and Doppler estimation for the Cartesian nearly constant acceleration motion, which is a common manoeuvering motion, is investigated. The temporal evolution equation is derived based on the state vector consisting of target range, Doppler and derivatives of the product of range and range rate versus time. In this way, the measurement equation of range and Doppler measurements can be maintained in a desirable linear‐Gaussian structure. Based on the non‐linear state equation and the linear measurement equation, the unscented Kalman filter is adopted to tackle the non‐linear filtering problem. The corresponding filter initialisation method is developed based on the two‐point differencing method. Explicit expressions of the initial state estimates and the initial covariance matrix are presented in analytic forms where the correlation among the state components is handled properly. The posterior Cramer–Rao lower bound (PCRLB) is provided for state estimation in the R‐D plane. Comprehensive comparisons of the proposed method against the existing R‐D state estimation methods using approximate models, Cartesian state estimator and PCRLB are carried out in simulations to demonstrate the validity and correctness of the proposed motion model and estimation method.
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spelling doaj.art-ac146e2f099641349d6c95692813e9712022-12-22T03:46:49ZengWileyIET Radar, Sonar & Navigation1751-87841751-87922021-12-0115121687170110.1049/rsn2.12157Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler planeKeyi Li0Zhengkun Guo1Gongjian Zhou2School of Electronics and Information Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin ChinaAbstract The problem of motion modelling in the range‐Doppler (R‐D) plane as well as range and Doppler estimation for the Cartesian nearly constant acceleration motion, which is a common manoeuvering motion, is investigated. The temporal evolution equation is derived based on the state vector consisting of target range, Doppler and derivatives of the product of range and range rate versus time. In this way, the measurement equation of range and Doppler measurements can be maintained in a desirable linear‐Gaussian structure. Based on the non‐linear state equation and the linear measurement equation, the unscented Kalman filter is adopted to tackle the non‐linear filtering problem. The corresponding filter initialisation method is developed based on the two‐point differencing method. Explicit expressions of the initial state estimates and the initial covariance matrix are presented in analytic forms where the correlation among the state components is handled properly. The posterior Cramer–Rao lower bound (PCRLB) is provided for state estimation in the R‐D plane. Comprehensive comparisons of the proposed method against the existing R‐D state estimation methods using approximate models, Cartesian state estimator and PCRLB are carried out in simulations to demonstrate the validity and correctness of the proposed motion model and estimation method.https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12157Kalman filtersstate estimationcovariance matricesDoppler measurementnonlinear filtersfiltering theory
spellingShingle Keyi Li
Zhengkun Guo
Gongjian Zhou
Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane
IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation
Kalman filters
state estimation
covariance matrices
Doppler measurement
nonlinear filters
filtering theory
title Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane
title_full Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane
title_fullStr Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane
title_full_unstemmed Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane
title_short Nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range‐Doppler plane
title_sort nearly constant acceleration model for state estimation in the range doppler plane
topic Kalman filters
state estimation
covariance matrices
Doppler measurement
nonlinear filters
filtering theory
url https://doi.org/10.1049/rsn2.12157
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