Wireless signal localization and collection from an airborne symmetric line array network
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Authors
Ngo, Tan Anh
Tummala, Murali
McEachen, John C.
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Date of Issue
2018-10-23
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The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
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en_US
Abstract
A method and system of determining a location of a remote
transmitter is provided. The method includes: receiving,
with a plurality of sensors operably associated with a
plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a signal
emitted from a remote transmitter, the emitted signal being
indicative of an actual location of the remote transmitter;
estimating a first location of the remote transmitter based on
the emitted signal received by the plurality of sensors, the
plurality of sensors being associated with a first arrangement
of the corresponding plurality of UAVs relative to the remote
transmitter; changing the first arrangement of the plurality of
UAVs relative to the remote transmitter to a target arrangement
of the plurality of UAVs relative to the remote transmitter
based on the estimation of the first location of the
remote transmitter; and estimating a second location of the
remote transmitter based on the target arrangement of the
plurality of sensors and the corresponding plurality ofUAVs
relative to the remote transmitter. The second estimated
location is more accurate of the actual location of the remote
transmitter than the first estimated location.
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Patent
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Patent
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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29 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.