Contact Localization and Motion Analysis in the Ocean Environment: A Perspective
Abstract
Such well-studied cases as passive bearings-only contact motion analysis, multipath ranging, and localization/tracking via arrays are used to illustrate the concept. The performance of current CLMA systems is shown to depend on the type and characteristics of the basic measurements developed by their time delay estimators, the acoustic channels linking contact and observer, and the type and description of relative motion between contact and observer. General classes of CLMA schemes are presented. Complexity is shown to depend on the linearity/nonlinearity of their solution equations, the degree to which a contact is observable at each sample time, and the relative motion or degree of stationarity between contact and observer. Contributions to total system gain, biasing issues, and candidate solutions are discussed. Comprehensive references are provided.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 25, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA125719
Entities
People
- J. C. Hassab
Organizations
- Naval Underwater Systems Center