Title :
Identification friend-or-foe (IFF) sensor uncertainties, ambiguities, deception and their application to the multi-source fusion process
Author :
Schuck, Tod M. ; Shoemaker, Bill ; Willey, Jeff
Author_Institution :
Lockheed Martin Naval Electron. & Surveillance Syst., Moorestown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The importance of quantifying and modeling sensor uncertainties associated with kinematic, attribute, and hybrid sensors and their effect on the data fusion process (Bayesian, Dempster-Shafer, etc.) has not been well described. This paper explores some of the characteristics and uncertainties associated with MK XII Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) including its limitations, inherent error sources, and robustness to jamming and interference. A general multi-source sensor fusion process is described using Non-Cooperative Target Recognition, electronic support measures and IFF dissimilar source inputs with specific attention placed on realizable IFF sensor systems and how they need to be characterized in order to understand and design an optimized and effective multi-source fusion process
Keywords :
belief networks; electronic countermeasures; inference mechanisms; jamming; object recognition; radar interference; radar tracking; search radar; sensor fusion; target tracking; uncertainty handling; Bayesian theory; Dempster-Shafer theory; IFF sensor uncertainties; MK XII IFF; active hypothesis support; ambiguities; attribute sensors; deception; dissimilar source inputs; electronic support measures; error sources; hybrid sensors; kinematic sensors; multi-source fusion process; non-cooperative target recognition; robustness to jamming; Bayesian methods; Interference; Jamming; Kinematics; Robustness; Sensor fusion; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Target recognition; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 2000. NAECON 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 2000
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6262-4
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.2000.894896
