DME DATA REDUCTION

Abstract

The ambiguity-resolution problem for a Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), using four independent modulation frequencies in the 500-kc region, is described in mathematical terms. The method is developed for a DME model with decimal modula tion frequency relationships and then applied to the actual system whose modulation frequencies are related by binary numbers. Finally, two digital-computer routines providing for both ambiguity resolution and accuracy increase by averaging over the four phase measurements are developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0410281

Entities

People

  • Dieter E. Holberg

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Ambiguity
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Communication Equipment
  • Computers
  • Crystal Oscillators
  • Data Reduction
  • Digital Computers
  • Distance Measuring Equipment
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Government Procurement
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Phase Measurement
  • Phase Meters

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