• DocumentCode
    3044164
  • Title

    Correlation of DME Pulse Trains for Use in Multilateration

  • Author

    Owen, Michael R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sensis Corp., East Syracuse
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    April 30 2007-May 3 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a method of centralized correlation of distance measuring equipment (DME) pulse sequences between widely separated pairs of remote unit (RU) receivers to isolate the sequences that have been emitted by individual aircraft. Once isolated, time of arrival (TOA) of individual pulses may be examined to form the basis of pulse-specific time difference of arrival (TDOA) multilateration in the usual way.
  • Keywords
    aircraft; distance measurement; radar applications; time-of-arrival estimation; distance measuring equipment pulse sequence; time difference of arrival; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Airplanes; Broadcasting; Displays; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Time difference of arrival; Time measurement; Transponders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference, 2007. ICNS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Herndon, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1216-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-1216-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICNSURV.2007.384162
  • Filename
    4272194