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3D target shape from SAS images based on a deformable mesh
(NURC, 2009/12)The seafloor can nowadays be scanned with side-looking sonar that provides a very high resolution over a large swath, which has proved beneficial for underwater target detection and classification. For systems operated at ... -
A Bayesian approach to predicting an unknown number of targets based on sensor performance
(NURC, 2006/08)Estimating remaining targets after some attempt has been made to detect an overall, unknown number of targets is critical to determining the potential threat associated with these remaining targets. This paper presents a ... -
A comparative analysis of side-looking sonars for rapid classification of underwater intruders
(NURC, 2008/09)One aspect of NURC's 2008 efforts in port protection involves building a prototype system for countering a subsurface threat. Such a capability against underwater intruders in ports requires surveillance of the underwater ... -
A data-driven control strategy in synergy with continuous active sonar for littoral underwater surveillance
(CMRE, 2017/11)In this work, we describe a data-driven Mission Management Layer (MML) running on-board AUVs which manages the phases of a littoral surveillance mission and exploits the characteristics of Continuous Active Sonar (CAS) ... -
A distributed ID assignment and topology discovery protocol for underwater acoustic networks
(CMRE, 2017/11)This paper presents a new protocol to self assign node IDs in an Underwater Acoustic Network (UAN). The proposed solution, termed DIVE for Distributed Id assignment and topology discoVEry, is fully distributed and ... -
A novel approach for a bistatic scattering calculation suitable for sonar performance model
(CMRE, 2014/01)One of the classical approaches to the calculation of the sound pressure scattered from a rough surface is to sum the contributions to the field from a set of small tiles that approximate the surface. If the tiles are ... -
A relation between multipath group velocity, mode number, and ray cycle distance
(CMRE, 2014/01)Weston's ray invariant or "characteristic time" in a range-dependent environment is exactly equivalent to the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin phase integral for ducted normal modes. By considering a ray element it is shown that ... -
Active contours for synthetic aperture sonar snippet registration
(CMRE, 2019/06)In mine-hunting operations, there is currently a strong focus on using autonomous systems in order to remove personnel and ships from the minefield. These systems must perform their missions effectively, and the collected ... -
Active detection enhancement in coastal areas
(NURC, 2006/08)The processing chain used for active detection analysis in association with measures of performance that allow real time performance monitoring is presented. Real life examples demonstrating environmental volatility ... -
Adaptive autonomous underwater vehicles for littoral surveillance: the GLINT10 field trial results
(NURC, 2012/05)Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have gained more interest in recent years for military as well as civilian applications. One potential application of AUVs is for the purpose of undersea surveillance. As research into ... -
An adaptive cross-layer routing protocol for underwater acoustic networks
(2019/05)This short paper presents an adaptive cross-layer routing protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks (UANs). The proposed solution, termed NADIR for Network Aware aDaptIve Routing, is fully distributed and self-adaptive. ... -
Adaptive filter of seabed clutter onboard the AUVs of an active multistatic sonar network
(CMRE, 2019/05)This work aims at reducing the false alarm rate of a multistatic active sonar working in coastal, shallow waters. The sonar system is implemented through a heterogeneous manned-unmanned network including autonomous underwater ... -
Adaptive filtering of imprecisely time-stamped measurements with application to AIS networks
(CMRE, 2019/06)Driven by real-world issues in maritime surveillance, we consider the problem of estimating the target state from a sequence of observations that can be imprecisely time-stamped. That is, the time between two consecutive ... -
Adaptive normalization of active sonar data
(NURC, 2006/08)In active sonar detection the background interference is reduced through normalization prior to applying a detection threshold. From the two mainstream normalization algorithms, i.e. the sliding window and the split window, ... -
Adaptive sub-band processing in active detection and tracking
(NURC, 2007/11)Broadband active systems have the potential to increase detection performance in reverberation-limited areas through increased signal bandwidth, i.e. small resolution cell. However, large bandwidth could over-resolve the ... -
Adaptive underwater sonar surveys in the presence of strong currents
(CMRE, 2017/11)We consider the task of conducting underwater surveys with a sonar-equipped autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in environments with strong currents. More specifically, this topic is addressed in the context of mine ... -
Ambiguity reduction of underwater targets in framework of topic modeling
(CMRE, 2019/06)An unsupervised track classification approach based on appropriate discriminative and aggregative features derived from beamformed and normalized matched-filtered data is applied to sonar multistatic tracking and extended ... -
An approximate form of the Rayleigh reflection loss and its phase: application to reverberation calculation
(NURC, 2012/04)A useful approximation to the Rayleigh reflection coefficient for two half-spaces composed of water over sediment is derived. This exhibits dependence on angle that may deviate considerably from linear in the interval ... -
Analysis of JANUS and underwater telephone capabilities and co-existence
(CMRE, 2019/06)This document aims at offering a concise look into the co-existence of Underwater Telephone and JANUS digital communication methods. This topic is of particular interest as both methods (one a well-established STANAG and ... -
Anomaly detection and tracking based on mean-reverting processes with unknown parameters
(CMRE, 2019/05)Piecewise mean-reverting stochastic processes have been recently proposed and validated as an effective model for long-term object prediction. In this paper, we exploit the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) dynamic model to represent ...
