Optimality analysis of sensor-target localization geometries

AN Bishop, B Fidan, BDO Anderson, K Doğançay… - Automatica, 2010 - Elsevier
The problem of target localization involves estimating the position of a target from multiple
noisy sensor measurements. It is well known that the relative sensor-target geometry can …

Optimal sensor placement for 3-D angle-of-arrival target localization

S Xu, K Doğançay - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates optimal sensor placement strategies for angle-of-arrival (AOA)
localization in three-dimensional space. We adopt the A-optimality criterion to determine …

Optimal geometry analysis for multistatic TOA localization

NH Nguyen, K Doğançay - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multistatic time-of-arrival (TOA) localization has recently attracted great attention due to
performance advantages offered by multistatic radar. In target localization, the relative …

UAV path planning for passive emitter localization

K Dogancay - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A path planning algorithm is presented for uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) trying to
geolocate an emitter using passive payload sensors. The objective is to generate a …

Optimal sensor placement for 2-D range-only target localization in constrained sensor geometry

M Sadeghi, F Behnia, R Amiri - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Localization of an emitting or reflecting target is one of the most important issues in a wide
range of applications including radar, sonar, wireless communication and sensor networks …

Optimal sensor placement for target localization using hybrid RSS, AOA and TOA measurements

S Xu - IEEE Communications Letters, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates the optimal sensor placement strategy for single static target
localization using the hybrid received-signal-strength (RSS), angle-of-arrival (AOA) and time …

Target localization geometry gain in distributed MIMO radar

M Sadeghi, F Behnia, R Amiri… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we analyze the accuracy of target localization in multiple-input multiple-output
(MIMO) radars with widely-separated antennas. The relative target-antennas geometry plays …

Optimal sensor placement for source localization: A unified ADMM approach

N Sahu, L Wu, P Babu, BS MR… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Source localization plays a key role in many applications including radar, wireless and
underwater communications. Among various localization methods, the most popular ones …

Performance metric on the best achievable accuracy for hybrid TOA/AOA target localization

YY Li, GQ Qi, AD Sheng - IEEE Communications Letters, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a general closed-form formula of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB)
for hybrid time-of-arrival/angle-of-arrival (TOA/AOA) target localization. The necessary and …

3D pseudolinear target motion analysis from angle measurements

K ı l Doğançay - IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents a new pseudolinear estimator for 3D target motion analysis by a single
moving ownship collecting azimuth and elevation angle measurements. The 3D …