A simple testbed for real-time sensor-to-shooter applications of decentralized data fusion

Lewis A. Binns; Andrew R. Cooke; Sam Fryers; Phil Greenway; David Mullin; David Nicholson; Dimitris Valachis

doi:10.1117/12.487896

1 April 2003 A simple testbed for real-time sensor-to-shooter applications of decentralized data fusion

Lewis A. Binns, Andrew R. Cooke, Sam Fryers, Phil Greenway, David Mullin, David Nicholson, Dimitris Valachis

Proceedings Volume 5099, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2003; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487896
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper we describe a simple physical test-bed, developed to allow practical experimentation in the use of Decentralised Data Function (DDF) in sensor-to-shooter applications. Running DDF over an ad hoc network of distributed sensors produces target location information. This is used to guide a Leica laser-tracker system to designate currently tracked targets. We outline how the system is robust to network and/or node failure. Moreover, we discuss the system properties that lead to it being completely “plug-and-play”, as, like the distributed sensor nodes, the “shooter” does not require knowledge of the overall network topology and can connect at any point.

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Lewis A. Binns, Andrew R. Cooke, Sam Fryers, Phil Greenway, David Mullin, David Nicholson, and Dimitris Valachis "A simple testbed for real-time sensor-to-shooter applications of decentralized data fusion", Proc. SPIE 5099, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2003, (1 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487896

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