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During the last decade, the sensor technology advances together with the enormous computational power increase, have led to the replacement of complex and expensive sensors with systems of multiple simple low cost spatially distributed sensors. Key role towards this direction possesses the development of modern, efficient and computationally feasible data processing algorithms. The multistatic radar consists a system of multiple spatially distributed bistatic radar sensors, with main objective the detection and tracking of multiple targets in the field of view. The bistatic principle and the low frequency use, increase the probability of detection of targets with low radar cross section due to shaping, radar absorbent materials or small size. The use of multiple bistatic receivers lends to the system characteristics of survivability and robustness. The simple operation principle of each bistatic sensor forces the use of complex data processing algorithms at the central fusion node wher ...
During the last decade, the sensor technology advances together with the enormous computational power increase, have led to the replacement of complex and expensive sensors with systems of multiple simple low cost spatially distributed sensors. Key role towards this direction possesses the development of modern, efficient and computationally feasible data processing algorithms. The multistatic radar consists a system of multiple spatially distributed bistatic radar sensors, with main objective the detection and tracking of multiple targets in the field of view. The bistatic principle and the low frequency use, increase the probability of detection of targets with low radar cross section due to shaping, radar absorbent materials or small size. The use of multiple bistatic receivers lends to the system characteristics of survivability and robustness. The simple operation principle of each bistatic sensor forces the use of complex data processing algorithms at the central fusion node where all the bistatic measurements are processed for the three dimensional position and velocity extraction of each target. Main objective of this doctoral thesis is the study and selection of the appropriate data processing algorithms for the multistatic radar central station. Firstly, the basic system principles of operation are presented, the bistatic receiver local data processing is then outlined and experimental results of a first lab prototype are reported. Thorough investigation of filtering, data association, track management and data fusion algorithms is conducted. The most proper algorithm, concerning track accuracy and consistency, reliability, practicality, robustness, simplicity and computational feasibility, for each process is afterwards selected through analytical simulations. Finally, a thorough performance evaluation of the proposed composite data processing algorithm is presented. The algorithm and system performance was evaluated not only through comprehensive simulation, since an experimental multistatic radar prototype was constructed and tested as well.
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