Title : 
Accurate passive localization based on least squares method
         
        
            Author : 
Ma, Wen ; Huang, Jianguo ; Xie, Yiqing
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Coll. of Marine Eng., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Passive localization is an active research field in signal processing, and great efforts have been made in order to acquire high estimation precision. When the least squares method is applied in this problem, the distance estimation performance can be improved compared with the traditional method. Computer simulations and a lake experiment data processing both indicate that accurate passive localization can be obtained by applying the least squares method
         
        
            Keywords : 
array signal processing; least squares approximations; parameter estimation; underwater acoustic communication; digital information processing; distance estimation; estimation precision; least squares method; optimized statistical estimation; passive localization; sensor arrays; signal processing; underwater sound wave; Acoustic sensors; Delay estimation; Educational institutions; Equations; Frequency estimation; Information processing; Least squares methods; Measurement errors; Position measurement; Signal processing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Info-tech and Info-net, 2001. Proceedings. ICII 2001 - Beijing. 2001 International Conferences on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Beijing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7010-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICII.2001.983665