Dynamic Tuning of a Signal Sorter In a Defense Environment

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to study the application of dynamic tuning, if practically feasible, to the design of a particular signal sorter in order to improve its performance. A simulation model of a signal sorter in a dense environment, which was studied and developed through work by the Advanced Techniques Branch of the TEW Division of the NRL was used for problem analysis. Signal sorting involves the correlation of the mass of signals detected by a receiver with the individual sources that generate each signal. Identification of particular emitters necessitates maintenance of a file to compare received pulses with those currently identified or known to be in a particular environment and to update when new emitters are detected in the environment. The signal sorter generates these files based on parameters measured by the receiver, such as direction-of-arrival (DOA), carrier-frequency, pulse-width and latest time-of-arrival, and generated parameters based on measured parameters, such as pulse-repetition-interval PRI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114524

Entities

People

  • A. M. Abdalla

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Antennas
  • Associative Processing
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Computers
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • Data Rate
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Agility
  • Identification
  • Length
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Steady State
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.