Waveform diversity and sensors as robots in advanced military systems

Abstract

Future military sensor systems will contain intelligent software that will dynamically assess a scenario and modify its emissions and its receiver's signal and data processing to enhance performance. This capability is needed in multistatic radar situations. A multistatic radar ambiguity function is derived as a performance measure. The bistatic triangle should be taken into account when assigning weights for fusing the results of multiple receivers. By choosing the proper waveforms and their parameters the distortion experienced with difficult bistatic triangles may be neutralized. A simulation and experiment will be performed to develop the necessary rules choosing the proper waveforms for use in a sensors as robots proof of concept demonstration.