Channel adaptive active sonar

Details Channel adaptive active sonar Channel adaptive active sonar

1987-01-15

1990-06-12

Tarcza, Thomas H.

Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices

Echo systems

367901, G01S 966

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049339141

ABSTRACT:
A channel adaptive active sonar is disclosed, wherein the sonar transmit waveform is adaptively selected in accordance with the measured sonar channel scattering function to reduce the response of the sonar to unwanted reverberation while preserving the response to signal returns. As a result, the sonar target detectability is improved over sonar systems which do not adapt to the variable properties of the ocean channel. The sonar is operable in two modes, the channel measurement mode and the normal active mode. In the channel measurement mode, probe signals are transmitted to test the channel response. From the sonar receive signals resulting from the transmitted probe signals, the channel scattering function is estimated. The transmit waveform for the sonar active mode is then designed to provide a waveform whose ambiguity function overlaps minimally with the estimated channel scattering function. As a result of the waveform selection, the sonar resonse to reverberation is reduced while maintaining the sonar target response.

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