Parametric Lower Bound for Nonlinear Filteringbased on Gaussian Process Regression Model

Assessing the fundamental performance limitationsin Bayesian filtering can be carried out using the parametricCram´er-Rao bound (CRB). The parametric CRB puts a lowerbound on mean square error (MSE) matrix conditioned on aspecific state trajectory realization. In this work, we derive theparametric CRB for state-space models, where the measurementequation is modeled by a Gaussian process regression.These models appear, for instance in proximity report-basedpositioning, where proximity reports are obtained by hardthresholding of received signal strength (RSS) measurements, thatare modeled through Gaussian process regression. The proposedparametric CRB is evaluated on selected state trajectories andfurther compared with the positioning performance obtained bythe particle filter. The results corroborate that the positioningaccuracy achieved in this framework is close to the parametricCRB.Funding Agencies|European Union Marie Curie training programme on Tracking in Complex Sensor Systems (TRAX) [607400]