Three-Dimensional Location of Electromagnetic Sources Using Intelligent Systems

This paper proposes a method to determine the spatial location where an emitting electromagnetic source is. A magnitude, a vertical angle and a horizontal angle corresponding to the location of the source, regarding an arbitrary reference, are obtained while supplying an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with experimental basic data from the sensors instead those of signal processing. The modeling methodology and the basic and most important concepts in applying the techniques of localization are taken into account. The behavior of the occurrence in the three-dimensional space is analyzed detailing each step in obtaining the model of the ANN. Characterizing the system, finding its parameters, and measuring variables of interest for the development of practical analysis are made through a laboratory prototype built for these purposes and for validating the neural model. From the fitted model the efficiency of ANN is estimated.