Optimum Signal Processing in Distributed Sensor Systems.

Abstract

We consider the problem of detection of known signals in noise using quantized, discrete sensor observations. Optimal design of the quantizers at the sensor sites as well as the global fusion of the quantized observations is presented. Also the equivalence between a team of two sensors and their fusion centre and another team of a primary decision maker and a second opinion is shown. Since the fusion of information is a main pillar of the thesis, an early chapter is devoted to the optimum fusion policy. Extension of the results to the case of vector sensor observations is also considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA189443

Entities

People

  • Abdel-aziz M. Al-bassiouni

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Data Fusion
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Information Theory
  • Networks
  • Random Variables
  • Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing
  • Statistics
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.