• DocumentCode
    810010
  • Title

    Closed-form solution for determining emitter location using time difference of arrival measurements

  • Author

    Mellen, G. ; Pachter, M. ; Raquet, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1056
  • Lastpage
    1058
  • Abstract
    A direct and short derivation of an algorithm based on the closed-form solution of the nonlinear equations for emitter location using time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurements from N + 1 receivers, N ≥ 3, is given.
  • Keywords
    array signal processing; closed-form solution; emitter location algorithm; nonlinear equation; receiver array; time difference of arrival measurement; Closed-form solution; Geophysical measurements; Government; Iterative methods; Maximum likelihood estimation; Position measurement; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Time difference of arrival; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2003.1238756
  • Filename
    1238756