Electrical and Software Design Report for the Data Fusion Testbed

Abstract

This report describes in detail both the electrical and software design of the Data Fusion Testbed (DFT). The DET was developed by the Acoustic Signal Processing Branch of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory as a field research platform to conduct state of the art Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) research. The DFT was developed to bridge the gap between early algorithm research and real-world scenario test and evaluation. The DFT is a custom assembly of signal acquisition hardware, communications equipment, and signal processing hardware packaged in an environmentally rugged housing. The hardware assets of the DFT combined with its custom software architecture forms a generic UGS for use as a unique engineering tool in this specialized field of UGS research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA405524

Entities

People

  • Brian Mays

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Conditioning
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Processing
  • Data Transmission
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Power Converters
  • Signal Processing
  • Software Design
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.