High-Level Database Manager Design for the High Gain Initiative (HGI)
Abstract
This report presents a high level design for a Data Base Manager to support research under the High Gain Initiative program. Research conducted during the requirements definition phase indicated that the volume of HGI data to be processed and the complexity of the beamforming, classification, and localization algorithms mandate careful attention to the design of an HGI database manager if a productive research environment and an efficient eventual fielded system are to be achieved. An important driver of the HGI database manager design process is the as yet undefined nature of the eventual 'best' HGI processing suite. Since the sensor being used, the High gain Array (HGA) is experimental, ultimate fielded configurations are unknown at this time. Also, while the generic nature of the signal processing, beamforming, detection, localization, and tracking algorithms that will be employed are well understood, the implementations that will produce the best results, within the bounds of near-real-time processing requirements, are currently the subject of extensive research. Therefore, it is not only not possible, but also not desirable, to impose a database management scheme that is rigidly defined as to the types and structure of the data it will manage and the processing algorithms that it will invoke. Keywords: Acoustic arrays, Acoustic detection.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA205611
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People
- C. E. Persons