Analysis of advanced data association techniques for ASDE radar

Abstract

The paper analyses and evaluates the application of different techniques to the data association problem for ASDE (airport surface detection equipment) radar. Data association for this sensor requires the removal of the classical one-to-one constraints and should allow tracks to be updated by sets of blobs. Different innovative alternatives, based on recent advanced techniques, have been formulated and tried to solve this problem in complex scenarios. Simulation results show the capabilities achieved in terms of tracking robustness, accuracy and required computation.