Joint Aperture and Power Allocation Strategy for a Radar Network Localization System Based on Low Probability of Interception Optimization

Sensors (Basel). 2023 Feb 27;23(5):2613. doi: 10.3390/s23052613.

Abstract

In the process of using the Distributed Radar Network Localization System (DRNLS) further to improve the survivability of a carrier platform, the random characteristics of the system's Aperture Resource Allocation (ARA) and Radar Cross Section (RCS) are often not fully considered. However, the random characteristics of the system's ARA and RCS will affect the power resource allocation of the DRNLS to a certain extent, and the allocation result is an essential factor determining the performance of the DRNLS's Low Probability of Intercept (LPI). Therefore, a DRNLS still has some limitations in practical application. In order to solve this problem, a joint allocation scheme of aperture and power for the DRNLS based on LPI optimization (JA scheme) is proposed. In the JA scheme, the fuzzy random Chance Constrained Programmin model for radar antenna aperture resource management (RAARM-FRCCP model) can minimize the number of elements under the given pattern parameters. The random Chance Constrained Programmin model for minimizing Schleher Intercept Factor (MSIF-RCCP model) built on this basis can be used to achieve DRNLS optimal control of LPI performance on the premise of ensuring system tracking performance requirements. The results show that when RCS has some randomness, its corresponding uniform power distribution result is not necessarily the optimal scheme. Under the condition of meeting the same tracking performance, the required number of elements and power will be reduced to a certain extent compared with the number of elements in the whole array and the power corresponding to the uniform distribution. The lower the confidence level is, the more times the threshold is allowed to pass, and the lower the power is, so that the DRNLS can have better LPI performance.

Keywords: Aperture Resource Allocation (ARA); Chance Constrained Programmin (CCP); Distributed Radar Network Localization System (DRNLS); Low Probability of Intercept (LPI); Radar Cross Section (RCS); Schleher Interception Factor.

Grants and funding

This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China with the Grant No. 2017YFB0502700, the National Natural Science Foundation of China with the Grant No. 61871217, the Aviation Science Foundation with the Grant No. 20182052011 and the Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province with the Grant No. KYCX18_0291, the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities under Grant NZ2020007 and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities under Grant NG2020001.