A statistical model of the effects of angular fluctuations of multi-point scatterer targets on radar detection and tracking performances

Author

Reijmers, J.J. ; Pusone, E.G. ; Coccia, A. ; Ligthart, L.P.

Author_Institution

IRCTR, Tech. Univ. Delft, Delft

fYear

2008

fDate

30-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

260

Lastpage

263

Abstract

A theoretical model of the effects of angular fluctuations of a complex target on radar tracking performance is described in this paper. By the model the probability that the tracking error (or angle noise) due to the angular fluctuations of the target exceeds a certain value specified by the radar designer can be calculated. The novelty of the model consists in the derivation of an analytical formulation of the radar tracking error probability as a function of experimental radar cross section (RCS) statistics of fluctuating Swerling targets [1], of the space distribution of the scatterers in the target area [2], of the probability of target detection, and the radar parameters. The model is used to investigate radar performances in automotive applications.

Keywords

mathematical analysis; radar cross-sections; radar detection; radar tracking; statistical analysis; angular fluctuations; multi-point scatterer targets; radar cross section; radar detection and tracking performances; radar tracking error probability; statistical model; Error analysis; Error probability; Fluctuations; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Radar tracking; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2008. EuRAD 2008. European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-009-5

Type

conf

Filename

4760851