When radar systems are discussed in the literature or the remainder of this text, it is in the context of a sensor providing observations of the environment. While some of those measurements are responses from coherent waveforms of finite duration, the environment is treated as stationary with at most linear motion on the targets. Target tracking addresses the integration of measurements into a longer-term picture as illustrated in Figure 19-1. Target tracking is separated into two parts: track filtering and measurement-to-track data association.

Chapter Contents:

• 19.1 Introduction
• 19.2 Basics of Track Filtering
• 19.3 Kinematic Motion Models
• 19.4 Measurement Models
• 19.5 Radar Track Filtering
• 19.6 Measurement-to-Track Data Association
• 19.7 Performance Assessment of Tracking Algorithms
• 19.8 Further Reading
• 19.9 References
• 19.10 Problems

Inspec keywords: target tracking; radar tracking; tracking filters

Other keywords: linear motion; finite duration; track filtering; measurement integration; radar tracking algorithm; coherent waveforms; target tracking; radar systems; measurement-to-track data association

Subjects: Filtering methods in signal processing; Radar equipment, systems and applications