Title :
Surface movement radar data processing methods for airport surveillance
Author :
Herrero, J. Garcéa ; Portas, J. A Besada ; Jimenez Rodriguez, F.J. ; Corredera, J.R.Casar
Author_Institution :
Univ. Carlos Ill de Madrid, Leganes, Spain
fDate :
4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An airport surveillance function operating on surface movement radar (SMR) images is proposed and evaluated. The main contributions presented are the statistical error models of the target centroid and attributes extracted from radar images, developed and applied to the design of its main data processing blocks. Besides a multihypothesis image-to-tracks assignment method, a tracking filter using the extracted orientation and a classification scheme based on target attributes is detailed. The error models confidence and processing methods performance are demonstrated through simulation in representative scenarios
Keywords :
airports; radar imaging; search radar; airport surveillance; data processing; multihypothesis image-to-tracks assignment method; statistical error model; surface movement radar imaging; target attributes; target centroid; target classification; tracking filter; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Airports; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Data mining; Data processing; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Surveillance;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
