Passive Coherent Detection and Target Location with Multiple Non-Cooperative Transmitters

Abstract

Passive bistatic radars (PBR) and passive multistatic radars (PMR) use opportunistic transmitters to detect and locate targets. In this thesis, a maritime scenario was modeled with merchant vessels serving as multiple non-cooperative opportunistic transmitters while a frigate warship equipped with Electronic Warfare (EW) and Direction Finding (DF) receivers takes on the role of the receiver in a PBR/PMR configuration. The targets are assumed to be the generic Formidable-class frigate. A MATLAB model is developed to simulate the operating environment and passive detection and location process. Detection coverage is investigated to propose optimal PBR/PMR configurations and geometry, while elliptical and hyperbolic target location methods are explored to quantify the effects of PBR/PMR parameters and geometry on target estimated location uncertainty

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA632406

Entities

People

  • Qinling J. Tan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Bistatic Radar
  • Detection
  • Direction Finding
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Forward Scattering Radar
  • Geometry
  • Information Science
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Multistatic Radar
  • Navigation
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Transmitters
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems