Emitter location with azimuth and elevation measurements using a single aerial platform for electronic support missions
Khalaf-Allah M (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 21
Article Number: 3946
Journal Issue: 12
DOI: 10.3390/s21123946
Abstract
Passive ground emitter geolocation techniques are essential to electronic warfare systems, as they provide threat warnings in hostile environments, while ensuring the electronic silence of the mission platform. Geolocation of enemy emitters indicates the position of and type of adver-sary troops, and allows for the use of guided munition against enemy targets. Three-dimensional geolocation solutions based on least squares and particle filter estimation, using only azimuth and elevation measurements, were considered. Three batch-processing and one instantaneous solution algorithms, i.e., using a single pulse or a single observation point, were developed and investigated. The performance of the proposed solutions was demonstrated by simulations. Results showed that the batch-processing solutions achieved acceptable accuracies with a sufficient number of observation points. The performance degraded with fewer observation points. The instantaneous geolocation solution improved performance with increasing observation points, i.e., working in the sequential mode, and therefore could approach the accuracy of the batch-processing solutions.
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APA:
Khalaf-Allah, M. (2021). Emitter location with azimuth and elevation measurements using a single aerial platform for electronic support missions. Sensors, 21(12). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21123946
MLA:
Khalaf-Allah, Mohamed. "Emitter location with azimuth and elevation measurements using a single aerial platform for electronic support missions." Sensors 21.12 (2021).
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