Underwater target discrimination using geometry of ACM tracks

음향교란 항적의 기하학적 특성을 이용한 수중 표적 판별

In this paper we discuss an algorithm to discriminate a garget under track against multiple acoustic counter-measure (ACM) sources, based on sequential testings of multiple hypotheses. The ACM sources are separated from the target under track and generate, while drifting, measurements with false range and Doppler information. The purpose of the ACM is to mislead the target tracking and to help the true target evade a pursuer. The proposed algorithm uses as a test statistic a function of the innovation sequences from extended Kalman filters to estimate the target dynamics and the drifting positions of the ACM sources. results of numerical experimenats are presented to show a performance profile of the proposed algorithm.