Title :
Performances of a DTOA estimation algorithm based on Cross-Correlation Technique
Author :
Ardoino, Riccardo ; Capriati, Fabio ; Zaccaron, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Elettronica SpA, Via Tiburtina Valeria Km 13.700, 00131 Roma, ITALY. riccardo.ardoino@elt.it
Abstract :
Estimation of Time Delay is a fundamental topic in a variety of Applications. When no reference signal is available, as in the case of Passive Radars and Electronic Warfare (EW) Receivers, the Time Delay is estimated as Difference in Time Of Arrival (DTOA) between signals arriving at two different channels of the same Receiver (Rx). The present work summarizes theoretical, simulated and measured results of a DTOA Estimator based on Cross-Correlation Technique.
Keywords :
AWGN; Autocorrelation; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Delay effects; Delay estimation; Digital filters; Filtering; Passive radar; Power system modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Symposium, 2006. IRS 2006. International
Conference_Location :
Krakow, Poland
Print_ISBN :
978-83-7207-621-2
DOI :
10.1109/IRS.2006.4338032