Investigation of Video Processing Concepts for Arts III Basic Radar Beacon Tracking Level System.

摘要

The report is an investigation to determine the role of a general purpose digital computer in the radar video processing area of ARTS III. Radar video processing is divided by functions into the following areas: Video Selection,Video Quantization,Target Detection,Position Estimation,and Radar/Beacon Target Report Correlation. Numerous alternatives for allocating these functions between a special purpose hardware device and a general purpose digital computer are explored to determine corresponding computer time and core requirements. With the exception of Radar/Beacon Target Report Correlation,the analysis explores only radar processing requirements. The algorithms and processing concepts considered are for the most part proven techniques. Performance evaluations are provided in the appendices for the few algorithms which have been modified to facilitate computer implementation. Within the appendices are a Markov Chain analysis of a quantizer threshold control system, a Monte Carlo simulation approach to the evaluation of target detection,and a statistical formulation of a particular target detection method. (Author)