Abstract:In hostile environments, GNSS is a potentially unreliable solution for self-localization and navigation. Many systems only use an IMU as a backup system, resulting in integration errors which can dramatically increase during mission execution. We suggest using a fighter radar to illuminate satellites with known trajectories to enhance the self-localization information. This technique is time-consuming and resource-demanding but necessary as other tasks depend on the self-localization accuracy. Therefore an adaption of classical resource management frameworks is required. We propose a quality of service based resource manager with capabilities to account for inter-task dependencies to optimize the self-localization update strategy. Our results show that this leads to adaptive navigation update strategies, mastering the trade-off between self-localization and the requirements of other tasks.
Abstract:An intelligent radar resource management is an essential building block of any modern radar system. The quality of service based resource allocation model (Q-RAM) provides a framework for profound and quantifiable decision-making but lacks a representation of inter-task dependencies that can e.g. arise for tracking and synchronisation tasks. As a consequence, synchronisation is usually performed in fixed non-optimal patterns. We present an extension of Q-RAM which enables the resource allocation to consider complex inter-task dependencies and can produce adaptive and intelligent synchronisation schemes. The provided experimental results demonstrate a significant improvement over traditional strategies.
Abstract:An intelligent radar resource management is an essential building block of any modern radar system. The quality of service based resource allocation model (Q-RAM) provides a framework for profound and quantifiable decision making but lacks the flexibility necessary for optimal mitigation strategies in the presence of interference. We define an extension of the Q-RAM based radar resource management framework with an intelligent interference handling capability using various mitigation methods. The approach incorporates virtual time resources and alternative task configurations to compute near-optimal solutions in the presence of interference. The provided experimental results demonstrate a significant improvement over traditional strategies.
Abstract:An intelligent radar resource management is an essential milestone in the development of a cognitive radar system. The quality of service based resource allocation model (Q-RAM) is a framework allowing for intelligent decision making but classical solutions seem insufficient for real-time application in a modern radar system. In this paper, we present a solution for the Q-RAM radar resource management problem using deep reinforcement learning considerably improving on runtime performance.