Relationships between Average Radar Power and Steady-State Track Accuracy

Abstract

This report describes a methodology used for relating resources consumed by tracking a maneuvering target to the track accuracy achieved. The methodology accounts for beam shape loss, missed detections, and, in the care of a fire control radar, reacquisition of the target when it has moved outside the beam. This report presents normalized computational results for the minimum radar power required as a function of the track accuracy, along with the optimal revisit frequencies and the signal-to-noise ratios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245032

Entities

People

  • William H. Gilson

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Detection
  • Equations
  • False Alarms
  • Fire Control Radar
  • Frequency
  • Kalman Filters
  • Measurement
  • Power Levels
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Radar Beams
  • Random Variables
  • Steady State
  • Target Tracking
  • White Noise

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.