This work addresses the coexistence problem for radar networks. Specifically, we model a network of cooperative, independent, and non-communicating radar nodes which must share resources within the network as well as with non-cooperative nearby emitters. We approach this problem using online Machine Learning (ML) techniques. Online learning approaches are specifically preferred due to the fact that each radar node has no prior knowledge of the environment nor of the positions of the other radar nodes, and due to the sequential nature of the problem. For this task we specifically select the multi-player multi-armed bandit (MMAB) model, which poses the problem as a sequential game, where each radar node in a network makes independent selections of center frequency and waveform with the same goal of improving tracking performance for the network as a whole. For accurate tracking, each radar node communicates observations to a fusion center on set intervals. The fusion center has knowledge of the radar node placement, but cannot communicate to the individual nodes fast enough for waveform control. Every radar node in the network must learn the behavior of the environment, which includes rewards, interferer behavior, and target behavior. Each independent and identical node must choose one of many waveforms to transmit in each Pulse Repetition Interval (PRI) while avoiding \emph{collisions} with other nodes and interference from the environment. The goal for the network as a whole is to minimize target tracking error, which relies on obtaining high SINR in each time step. Our contributions include a mathematical description of the MMAB framework adapted to the radar network scenario. We conclude with a simulation study of several different network configurations. Experimental results show that iterative, online learning using MMAB outperforms the more traditional sense-and-avoid (SAA) and fixed-allocation approaches.
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