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Comparative study of Kalman filter-based target motion analysis by incorporating Doppler frequency measurements Cover

Comparative study of Kalman filter-based target motion analysis by incorporating Doppler frequency measurements

Open Access
|Apr 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Observer and target’s geometry for observability analysis.

Figure 2:

Simulation scenario of a stationary target at (5,5) and moving observer (blue track).

Table 1.

Comparing performance of non-linear Kalman Filters for abruptly manoeuvring observers.

Position RMSE (m)Velocity RMSE (m/s)
Measurements setEKFUKFCKFEKFUKFCKF
Bearings-only1.140.110.241.250.830.45
Doppler frequency-only0.940.630.611.230.380.49
Bearings-frequency measurements0.520.010.010.910.620.26
Figure 3:

Position and velocity error comparisons for different Gaussian approximate filters.

Figure 4:

Simulation scenario of a stationary target at (5,5) and moving observer (blue track).

Figure 5:

Position and velocity error comparisons for different CT trackers.

Table 2.

Comparing performance of non-linear Kalman filters for circular moving observers.

Position RMSE (m)Velocity RMSE (m/s)
Measurements setEKFUKFCKFEKFUKFCKF
Bearings-only2.20.40.51.60.40.5
Doppler frequency-only2.70.50.73.30.30.5
Bearings-frequency measurements0.70.10.10.40.20.2
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 12
Submitted on: Jan 25, 2021
Published on: Apr 28, 2021
Published by: International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2021 Ehsan Ul Haq, Hassan Arshad Nasir, Asif Iqbal, Muhammad Ali Qadir, published by International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems
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