Association Algorithm for the Distributed Passive Linear Arrays and the Radar

분산 선배열 소나와 레이다를 이용한 표적 연관 기법

PLA(Passive Linear Array) system has been primarily utilized to detect and track underwater targets, such as submarines. This system has difficulty in distinguishing between underwater targets and surface ships in a dense target environment. And a single-PLA system does not provide target state observability. At least two PLAs are necessary to observe a track uniquely. To classify and localize the underwater targets effectively, first of all, it is very of importance to discriminate the surface ships in the multi-target environment. These problems can be overcome by the association of distributed PLAs and radars. In this paper, we present an algorithm to solve the track-to-track association of the heterogeneous data from three PLAs and one radar are noncollocated with known sensor positions. Also, this paper shows the simulation results to verify the proposed algorithm.