
In this paper, a UAV target tracking method with 6G integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is proposed to address the surveillance requirements for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targets in the context of the rapid development of low-altitude economy. Firstly, a target tracking system model for UAVs is established based on the ISAC base station transceiver architecture. Then, an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) target tracking framework is designed to tackle the occlusion effect during UAV navigation. Specifically, the measurement position information of the UAV is obtained through a spatial rotation-based parameter estimation method. Subsequently, occlusion is detected by analyzing the Line-of-Sight (LoS) visibility between the UAV and the base station. On this basis, the problem of short-term and long-term trajectory loss under occlusion is solved by integrating cubic interpolation with a constant velocity (CV) model, which enables real-time UAV trajectory tracking. Finally, simulation results demonstrate that: (1) under no occlusion, the average estimation errors of the X/Y/Z axes are 0.82 m, 0.79 m, and 0.68 m, respectively; (2) under short-term occlusion, the average errors of the X/Y/Z axes are 1.25 m, 2.18 m, and 1.05 m, with a convergence time of 1 s after LoS recovery; (3) under long-term occlusion, the average errors of the X/Y/Z axes are 2.87 m, 3.79 m, and 1.85 m, with a convergence time of 5 s after LoS recovery; (4) the velocity estimation error can quickly converge to within 0.2 m/s after re-acquiring observations. The proposed method exhibits small trajectory and velocity estimation errors in different occlusion scenarios, effectively meeting the requirements for UAV target tracking.
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