Representing Sonar Signals as Real and Complex Functions,

Abstract

In many circumstances an investigator wishes to use digital computers for simulating sonar receivers. Quite often the proposed implementation of beam-formers or matched-filter receivers will differ from analytically-derived filter characteristics. In order to evaluate different implementations of receivers with respect to each other and the theoretically ideal version, an investigator must use a valid representation of a sonar transmit signal in the computer simulation. Several references have described some of the differences between narrowband signal representation and wideband signal representation. However, much of the signal processing literature is directed to the radar problem which is usually a narrowband signal case. Therefore, this paper will collect the comments of several authors to demonstrate the differences of narrowband and wideband assumptions and their effects on the concepts of complex signal notation, complex modulation, and signal envelope.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
ADA051551

Entities

People

  • D. G. Olson

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Matched Filters
  • Modulation
  • Narrowband
  • Phase Modulation
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulations
  • Sonar
  • Sonar Signals

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.