Application of unattended ground sensors to stationary targets

Gerard E. Sleefe; Steven G. Peglow; Robertson G. Hamrick

doi:10.1117/12.280664

24 July 1997 Application of unattended ground sensors to stationary targets

Gerard E. Sleefe, Steven G. Peglow, Robertson G. Hamrick

Proceedings Volume 3081, Peace and Wartime Applications and Technical Issues for Unattended Ground Sensors; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280664
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The unattended sensing of stationary (i.e. non-mobile) targets is important in applications ranging from counter- proliferation to law enforcement. With stationary targets, sources of seismic, acoustic, and electro-magnetic emissions can potentially be used to detect, identify, and locate the target. Stationary targets have considerably different sensing requirements than the traditional mobile-target unattended ground sensor applications. This paper presents the novel features and requirements of a system for sensing stationary targets. In particular, issues associated with long-listen time signal processing for signal detection, and array processing techniques for signal localization are presented. Example data and signal processing outputs from a stationary target will be used to illustrate these issues. The impact on sensor, electronic signal processing, battery subsystem, and communication requirements will also be discussed. The paper will conclude with a detailed comparison between mobile-target and stationary-target unattended ground sensor architectures.

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Gerard E. Sleefe, Steven G. Peglow, and Robertson G. Hamrick "Application of unattended ground sensors to stationary targets", Proc. SPIE 3081, Peace and Wartime Applications and Technical Issues for Unattended Ground Sensors, (24 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280664

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