Resource Allocation in Heterogeneously-Distributed Joint Radar-Communications under Asynchronous Bayesian Tracking Framework
2022 (English)In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, ISSN 0733-8716, E-ISSN 1558-0008, Vol. 40, no 7, p. 2026-2042Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Optimal allocation of shared resources is key to deliver the promise of jointly operating radar and communications systems. In this paper, unlike prior works which examine synergistic access to resources in colocated joint radar-communications or among identical systems, we investigate this problem for a distributed system comprising heterogeneous radars and multitier communications. In particular, we focus on resource allocation in the context of multi-target tracking (MTT) while maintaining stable communications connections. By simultaneously allocating the available power, dwell time and shared bandwidth, we improve the MTT performance under a Bayesian tracking framework and guarantee the communications throughput. Our alternating allocation of heterogeneous resources (ANCHOR) approach solves the resulting non-convex problem based on the alternating optimization method that monotonically improves the Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound. Numerical experiments demonstrate that ANCHOR significantly improves the tracking error over two baseline allocations and stability under different target scenarios and radar-communications network distributions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022. Vol. 40, no 7, p. 2026-2042
Keywords [en]
Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound, heterogeneous radar networks, joint radar-communications, multi-target tracking, Phased arrays, Radar, Radar antennas, Radar measurements, Radar tracking, resource allocation, Resource management, Target tracking
National Category
Signal Processing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-312597DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2022.3157371ISI: 000812531300006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85126286748OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-312597DiVA, id: diva2:1660762
Note
QC 20250520
2022-05-242022-05-242025-05-20Bibliographically approved