Cooperative Game Approach to Power Allocation for Target Tracking in Distributed MIMO Radar Sensor Networks

In this paper, power allocation in distributed multiple-input multiple-output radar is investigated for range-only target tracking such that the determinant of Bayesian Fisher information matrix (B-FIM) is maximized. First, the B-FIM is derived for a signal model that incorporates the propagation path loss, the target reflectivity, the transmitted power, and the target prior density. Then, we model the problem as a cooperative game and exploit the solution concept of the Shapley value to distribute a given power budget among all transmitting radars for target tracking. In numerical examples, it is shown that uniform power allocation is not in general optimal. We illustrate the effects of the radar network geometry configuration, target prior density and number of antenna upon the power allocation results, and further demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed optimal power allocation scheme via Monte Carlo simulations.