Self-Survey Means.

Abstract

This document discloses a method and apparatus for a passive station to locate itself relative to a stationary or moving transmitting station transmitting a narrow pulsed scanning beam by utilizing reception of pulses directly from the transmitting station and reception of reflected pulses from a set of scatterers. A method and means for determining a bearing from the transmitting station and a method and means for determining a range to the transmitting station is disclosed utilizing a set of differential times, the times for a pulse from the transmitting station to travel to each scatterer and then to the passive station,a set of angles lying between a line connecting the transmitting station and passive station and a set of lines connecting the transmitting station and the set of scatterers and a set of angles lying between a link connecting the passive station and the transmitting station and the set of lines connecting the passive station and the set of scatterers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 1981
Accession Number
ADD008586

Entities

People

  • James S. Shreve

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Scanning
  • Transmitting

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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