Particle filtering for channel parameter tracking in a noisy shallow ocean environment using a vertical array

X. Zhong, V. N. Hari, W. Wang, H. Wang, X. Shen

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Abstract

Acoustic signals in a shallow ocean environment are severely distorted due to the time-varying and inhomogeneous nature of the propagation channel. In this paper, a state-space model is introduced to characterize the uncertainties of the shallow ocean and a Rao-Blackwellized particle filter (RBPF) is developed to estimate the model parameters. Since both modal functions and horizontal wave numbers of the channel are assumed unknown, the state-space model has a high nonlinearity and high dimensionality. As the modal functions are linear with the measurements conditioning on the horizontal wave numbers, a Kalman filtering (KF) is employed to marginalize out the modal functions. Hence only the horizontal wave numbers need to be estimated by using a PF. Simulation results show that the proposed RBPF algorithm significantly outperforms the existing approaches.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2015 IEEE 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, APSAR 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages450-454
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467372961
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2015
Event5th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, APSAR 2015 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 1 Sep 20154 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2015 IEEE 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, APSAR 2015

Conference

Conference5th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, APSAR 2015
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period1/09/154/09/15

Keywords

  • modal function
  • Rao-Blackwellized particle filter
  • Shallow ocean acoustic model
  • wave number

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