WSN-PHD: A Novel Moving Target DOA Tracking Algorithm

This letter investigates the multi-target direction of arrival (DOA) tracking problem under wireless sensor networks (WSNs), where each node is equipped with a uniform linear array (ULA). A WSN probability hypothesis density (WSN-PHD) tracking algorithm is proposed with two key innovations: 1) an exponential accumulation (EA) fusion strategy that aggregates multi-node measurements to resolve occlusions in WSNs, thereby improving tracking continuity under time-varying targets, and 2) a non-circular phase-assisted likelihood function to enhance target tracking accuracy. Numerical results show that the proposed algorithm achieves average optimal sub-pattern assignment (OSPA) distance and location errors reduction of 78.18% and 76.82% compared to the algorithm without EA fusion.

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IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2025.3594698
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Fault Detection and Control Systems
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WSN-PHD: A Novel Moving Target DOA Tracking Algorithm

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Abstract

This letter investigates the multi-target direction of arrival (DOA) tracking problem under wireless sensor networks (WSNs), where each node is equipped with a uniform linear array (ULA). A WSN probability hypothesis density (WSN-PHD) tracking algorithm is proposed with two key innovations: 1) an exponential accumulation (EA) fusion strategy that aggregates multi-node measurements to resolve occlusions in WSNs, thereby improving tracking continuity under time-varying targets, and 2) a non-circular phase-assisted likelihood function to enhance target tracking accuracy. Numerical results show that the proposed algorithm achieves average optimal sub-pattern assignment (OSPA) distance and location errors reduction of 78.18% and 76.82% compared to the algorithm without EA fusion.

IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique (FR), Hangzhou Dianzi University (CN), China Jiliang University (CN), Nantes Université (FR), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CN)
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