Title :
Correlation interferometer geolocation
Author :
Struckman, Keith
Author_Institution :
BAE Syst., Nashua, NH
Abstract :
Geolocation solutions based on the correlation interferometer geolocation (CIGL) equation depend on searching over (xi,y i) space and identifying the transmitter location as the (x,y) value that maximizes the correlation value. Under cross-polarized incident field conditions this correlation depends on both the array manifold calibration polarization and the targets transmission polarization. Computation of the transmitted polarization is accomplished by maximizing the CIGL equation over polarization parameters for each measurement. Modifying CIGL to include superresolution and copy aided exploitation techniques is a straightforward process which improves geolocation accuracy under many operation conditions. Operational systems must contend with numerous error sources which will degrade geolocation accuracy, but CIGL accuracy improvements relative to conventional direction finding (DF) transmitter fixing are observed
Keywords :
antenna arrays; correlation methods; electromagnetic wave polarisation; radio direction-finding; radiowave interferometry; array manifold calibration polarization; copy aided exploitation techniques; correlation interferometer geolocation; cross-polarized incident field conditions; superresolution; transmission polarization; Aircraft; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Calibration; Covariance matrix; Receiving antennas; Signal processing; Transmitters; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710738