Tracking Through Jamming Using Negative Information

Advances in characterizing the angle measurement covariance for phased array monopulse radar systems that use adaptive beamforming to null out a jammer source allow for the use of improved sensor models in tracking algorithms. Using a detection probability likelihood function consisting of a Gaussian sum that incorporates negative contact measurement information, four tracking systems are compared when used to track a maneuvering target passing into and through standoff jammer interference. Each tracker differs in how closely it replicates sensor performance in terms of accuracy of measurement covariance and the use of negative information. Only the tracker that uses both the negative contact information and corrected angle measurement covariance is able to consistently reacquire the target when it exits the jammer interference