A Comparison of Distributed and Centralized Control for Bearing only Emitter Localization with Sensor Swarms

Abstract

The pursuit of superior situational awareness and the application of sensor swarms requires sensors to adapt their behaviour automatically, if managing the sensing tasks of individual assets could overload an operator. This paper compares different approaches on path planning for the localization of multiple targets in diverse scenarios with two sensor platforms carrying bearing only sensors. The work concludes that it is key to focus on target assignments in order to minimize the time it takes sensor platforms to localize targets from bearing measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 07, 2021
Accession Number
AD1150242

Entities

People

  • Alexander Charlish
  • Folker Hoffmann
  • Hans Schily

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Computations
  • Contrast
  • Data Fusion
  • Detectors
  • Estimators
  • Information Processing
  • Intervals
  • Measurement
  • Model Predictive Control
  • Motion Planning
  • Multiple Targets
  • Optimization
  • Platforms
  • Robotics
  • Sensor Networks
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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