Design considerations for a heterogeneous network of bearings-only sensors using sensor management

• Presented at: IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar 03-10, 2007
• Publication date: 2007

This paper presents a design characterization of heterogeneous sensor networks with the goal of geolocation accuracy. It is assumed that the network exploits sensor management to conserve node power usage. We focus on bearings-only sensor networks consisting of acoustic and imaging modalities. Each available node modality is a bearings-only sensor of varying capability. The optimal mixture of modalities is discussed under the constraint of the overall network cost. Finally, simulations verify the theory and demonstrate design choices.

Keywords: sensor networks ; sensor fusion ; Poisson point process ; Target Localization ; Tracking

Reference

• EPFL-CONF-151452

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