Data Transfer Minimization for Coherent Passive Location Systems

Abstract

Coherent passive location systems derive their optimal detection and location estimation capabilities by cross-correlating signal segments observed at physically separate receivers. They are inherently robust. Performance characteristics and system requirements including observation intervals, data transfer, doppler compensation, and adaptive thresholding are presented for the fundamental two-receiver case. For many potential systems, particularly those that must operate from mobile platforms, techniques that minimize data transfer requirements while maintaining reliable system performance must be carefully considered during system design. Performance losses of several candidate data transfer reduction techniques of varying complexity are compared with minimal bounds obtained from rate distortion theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104087

Entities

People

  • Duane J. Matthiesen
  • G. D. Miller

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bandwidth
  • Coding
  • Corporations
  • Correlators
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Transmission
  • Detection
  • Doppler Effect
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Massachusetts
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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