A 3D passive surveillance system VERA accuracy analysis

Author

Bezousek, Pavel ; Kubecek, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Pardubice Univ., Czech Republic

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

25

Abstract

The passive surveillance system VERA consists basically of three or more terrestrial stations receiving simultaneously the signal of an airborne secondary surveillance radar transponder. The emitter position is evaluated using the corresponding time of arrival (TOA) measurements. The system is produced in several versions, designed for various applications. The four position three-dimensional model of the VERA system is briefly described and the accuracy of aircraft position measurement is analysed and compared with experimental results. The effect of simultaneous direction of arrival (DOA) measurement is also evaluated and discussed

Keywords

airborne radar; direction-of-arrival estimation; position measurement; search radar; transponders; 3D passive surveillance system; TOA measurement; VERA; accuracy analysis; airborne secondary surveillance radar transponder; aircraft position measurement; direction of arrival measurement; simultaneous DOA measurement; terrestrial stations; time of arrival measurement; Aircraft; Frequency shift keying; Local oscillators; Phase locked loops; Position measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Radar tracking; Signal processing; Surveillance; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications. 2000. MIKON-2000. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wroclaw

Print_ISBN

83-906662-3-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2000.913867

Filename

913867