Distributed Sensor Networks

Abstract

The Distributed Sensor Networks (DSN) program is aimed at developing and extending target surveillance and tracking technology in systems that employ multiple spatially distributed sensors and processing resources. Such a system would be made up of sensors, data bases, and processors distributed throughout an area and interconnected by an appropriate digital-data communication system. Surveillance and tracking of low-flying aircraft has been selected to develop and evaluate DSN concepts in the light of a specific system problem. A DSN test bed that will make use of multiple small acoustic arrays as sensors for low- flying aircraft is being developed and will be used to test and demonstrate DSN techniques and technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1981
Accession Number
ADA115729

Entities

People

  • Richard T. Lacoss

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Networks
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Digital Communications
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing
  • Test Beds
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.