Accession Number:

ADA454741

Title:

Contact-Level Multistatic Sonar Data Simulator for Tracker Performance Assessment

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE LA SPEZIA (ITALY)

Personal Author(s):

• Grimmett, Doug
• Coraluppi, Stefano

Report Date:

2006-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

This paper provides an overview of a multistatic sonar contact-data simulation approach and a dataset generated specifically for tracker algorithm evaluation by the Multistatic Tracking Working Group MSTWG. A brief description of the simulation approach is given, which includes simple sonar equation modeling, resulting in sensor-to-sensor target fading effects, as well as contact localization modeling. We describe the methodology by which a single data set generated using this approach is suitable to evaluate multistatic tracker performance over a range of multisensor detection redundancy levels.

Descriptors:

• *TEST AND EVALUATION
• *SONAR
• *ACOUSTIC TRACKING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• SENSOR FUSION
• DIGITAL SIMULATION
• SYMPOSIA

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Acoustic Detection and Detectors
• Countermeasures

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE