Resource allocation in surveillance radar

We consider resource control in an electronically scanning surveillance radar, that deals with many radar tasks in a time shared fashion. The decisions made on resources are separated into two levels. All tasks of a radar, e.g. tracking a target, are assigned to measurement processes that decide locally on which measurement should be done in order to maintain a task. A supervisory resource controller distributes resources on a time averaged basis among the measurement processes, to maximize the predicted performance. The approach makes it possible to optimize the use of resources at a high level in a surveillance radar.