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This paper presents a new approach to sensor placement strategy in emitter localization problem which is based on Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) measurements. The advantage of this method is its flexibility and capability of positioning sensors in constrained or non-stationary situations in which the positions of the sensors are restricted to certain portions of the space and/or needed to be changed repeatedly. The validity of the proposed algorithm is assessed by three different simulation scenarios and the results verify its proper operation  

The Cramer-Rao lower bound for source localization based on Time Difference of Arrival and Frequency Difference of Arrival is investigated in this paper. The result is used for theoretical analysis of optimality in sensor placement. An optimal sensor-target geometry including sensors locations and velocities is presented and its properties is studied  

This study presents a new approach to sensor placement strategy in emitter localisation problems based on time difference of arrival measurements. The method addresses a flexible procedure which is capable of positioning the sensors in constrained environments or non-stationary situations where the positions of the sensors are restricted to certain parts of the space and/or need to be changed repeatedly. This method is sequential and has lower computation burden compared to other methods. The validity of the proposed algorithm is assessed by many different numerical scenarios and the results verify its proper operation. © The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2017  

In this study, the optimal sensor placement problem for multi-source angle of arrival localisation is investigated. The authors adopt the A-optimality criterion, maximising the trace of Fisher information matrix, to determine the optimal sensor-target geometry under distance-dependent Gaussian noise model. A recursive representation of the Cramer-Rao lower bound is derived to recast the sensor placement problem into a sequential method, obtaining the optimal sensor geometries in a step by step manner. Note that the state-of-the-art methods are highly sensitive to the source location changes such that they should be relocated by any later changes in target geometries, which is practically... 

This paper considers the localization of a moving target using a forward scatter radar consisting of a transmitter and an array antenna receiver. A direct positioning method based on maximum likelihood (ML) estimation is proposed and compared with the conventional two-step method in which the primary parameters, including Doppler shift and angle of arrival, should be determined in the first step. Moreover, closed-form expressions for Cramer-Rao lower bound of both methods are derived. The aforementioned methods are comprehensively compared in terms of positioning accuracy and computational complexity. Theoretical performance study, including determining the minimum required observation time... 

In this study, the optimal sensor placement problem for multi-source angle of arrival localisation is investigated. The authors adopt the A-optimality criterion, maximising the trace of Fisher information matrix, to determine the optimal sensor-target geometry under distance-dependent Gaussian noise model. A recursive representation of the Cramer-Rao lower bound is derived to recast the sensor placement problem into a sequential method, obtaining the optimal sensor geometries in a step by step manner. Note that the state-of-the-art methods are highly sensitive to the source location changes such that they should be relocated by any later changes in target geometries, which is practically... 

This paper proposes an algebraic solution for the position and velocity of a moving target in forward scatter radar based on a single step direct position determination method. Unlike the conventional two-step method, this direct technique does not require the joint estimation of the Doppler frequency and the angle of arrival, initialization step, convergence considerations and linearization approximations  

In CW forward scatter radars, Space-Time processing by 2-D FFT is used to estimate Doppler frequency shift and angle of arrival concurrently. 2-D periodogram and 2-D Capon methods are two famous spectral estimation methods which can be substituted for 2-D FFT. Here we will provide analysis of performance for these methods beside their cons and pros  

Secure routing is a major key to service maintenance in ad hoc networks. Ad hoc nature exposes the network to several types of node misbehavior or attacks. As a result of the resource limitations in such networks nodes may have a tendency to behave selfishly. Selfish behavior can have drastic impacts on network performance. We have proposed a Misbehavior-Tolerant Multipath Routing protocol (MTMR) which detects and punishes all types of misbehavior such as selfish behavior, wormhole, sinkhole and grey-hole attacks. The protocol utilizes a proactive approach to enforce cooperation. In addition, it uses a novel data redirection method to mitigate the impact of node misbehavior on network...