Special - Purpose Processors for Surveillance Radar Applications
Abstract
Many track-while-scan surveillance systems utilize a large central computer to correlate the incoming sensor data with established tracks on targets of interest. These correlations must be done in near-real time at a high data rate and often consume a substantial fraction of the computer's CPU capacity; as a consequence, both the computer hardware and its software are expensive. Using the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), a radar network for continental air defense as a specific example, a special-purpose processor is described. It can be connected as a satellite to virtually any computer and can relieve the computer of the coordinate-conversion and track-correlation burden. The impact of the processor on reducing the hardware and software costs of the overall system is discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA039963
Entities
People
- R. W. Jacobus
- V. Kross
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation