15: Broadband Field Directionally Mapping using Maneuverable Acoustic Sensor Arrays
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چکیده
Current passive sonar methods are designed for static fixed or straight towed arrays. Signal processing approaches for such systems are thus seriously degraded by platform maneuvers. In this project, the objectives are to: 1) exploit small platform maneuverability using small broadband acoustic arrays to resolve targets from interferers, and 2) improve the target detection, localization, and tracking performance of long arrays during tow-ship turns. To address these objectives, noise field estimation techniques in the context of array maneuvers are being studied and developed.
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