• DocumentCode
    1048396
  • Title

    The spherical interpolation method of source localization

  • Author

    Smith, Julius O. ; Abel, Jonathan S.

  • Author_Institution
    NeXT, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    1/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    246
  • Lastpage
    252
  • Abstract
    A closed-form least squares approximate maximum likelihood method for localization of broad-band emitters from time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) measurements, called the spherical interpolation (SI) method, is presented. The localization formula is derived from least squares "equation-error" minimization. Computer simulation results show that the SI method has variance approaching the Cramer-Rap lower bound.
  • Keywords
    Arrays; Delay estimation; Interpolation; Target detection; Aerospace industry; Control systems; Geophysical measurements; Interpolation; Least squares approximation; Least squares methods; Noise measurement; Position measurement; Sea measurements; Sensor arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1987.1145217
  • Filename
    1145217