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    • A digital recording system for LORAN-C 

      Allan, Thomas D.; Montanari, Celsino (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1967/04)
      A method for digitally recording the readings of a Collins LORAN-C Mk LR 101 Receiver on punched paper tape is described. The various advantages of automatically recording LORAN-C data are examined and it is shown how, ...
    • Accuracy of synthetic aperture sonar micronavigation using a displaced phase centre antenna 

      Pinto, Marc A.; Fioravanti, Stefano; Bovio, Edoardo (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1999/02)
      This work evaluates the accuracy of multi-element synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) micronavigation based on the concept of displaced phase centre antenna (DPCA). The Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for the joint estimation of ...
    • Application of aided inertial navigation system to synthetic aperture sonar micronavigation 

      Tesei, Alessandra; Pinto, Marc A. (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2001/01)
      In order to improve short-term navigational accuracy, critical to successful SAS processing, a highquality Inertial Navigation System (INS) is investigated, which consists of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a strapdown ...
    • Dynamic placement of a constellation of surface buoys for enhanced underwater positioning 

      Munafò, Andrea; Sliwka, Jan; Alves, João (CMRE, 2019/06)
      This paper addresses the challenge of dynamically adapting the location of the nodes in an acoustic network to optimise the localisation performance of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) operating in the area. A dynamic ...
    • Experimental evaluation of Net-LBL: an acoustic network-based navigation system 

      Sliwka, Jan; Petroccia, Roberto; Munafò, Andrea; Djapic, Vladimir (CMRE, 2019/06)
      This paper describes the use and in-field evaluation of a Networked-Long Base Line system (Net-LBL) where a network of underwater nodes cooperate to support the localisation and navigation of mobile vehicles. To avoid the ...
    • Experimental results of 300 kHz shallow water synthetic aperture sonar 

      Bellettini, Andrea; Pinto, Marc A.; Evans, Benjamin (NURC, 2007/11)
      The design of a shallow water synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) requires an understanding of key system and environmental issues. The main factors which limit SAS performance are micronavigation accuracy, where micronavigation ...
    • Localisation using undersea wireless networks 

      Munafò, Andrea; Sliwka, Jan; Petroccia, Roberto (CMRE, 2019/05)
      Underwater navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) is a challenging task, requiring a trade-off between performance, costs and operational time. The project Network Long Base Line (Net- LBL) proposes a system ...
    • Real-time clock synchronisation in underwater acoustic networks 

      Vermeij, Arjan; Munafò, Andrea (CMRE, 2019/06)
      This paper proposes an algorithm for real-time clock synchronisation in underwater acoustic networks. The algorithm models modem clocks as linear functions and embeds the data necessary for the clock synchronisation procedure ...
    • Real-time underwater positioning and navigation of an AUV in deep waters 

      Tesei, Alessandra; Micheli, Michele; Vermeij, Arjan; Ferri, Gabriele; Mazzi, Marco; Grenon, Gabriel; Morlando, Luca; Biagini, Stefano; LePage, Kevin D.; Costanzi, Riccardo; Fenucci, Davide; Caiti, Andrea; Munafò, Andrea (CMRE, 2019/05)
      Due to the absence of GPS, navigation of autonomous vehicles underwater requires the integration of various measurements to provide the best location estimate. Usually in littoral waters, adequate navigational accuracy may ...
    • Recent technological advances in underwater autonomy 

      Maguer, Alain; Been, Robert; Tesei, Alessandra; Alves, João; Grandi, Vittorio; Biagini, Stefano (2019/05)
      Underwater Unmanned systems (or more precisely systems of systems) will definitely play an important role in future maritime surveillance and environmental data collection. For many years, the NATO Centre for Maritime ...
    • A robust, opportunistic clock synchronization algorithm for ad hoc underwater acoustic networks 

      Vermeij, Arjan; Munafò, Andrea (CMRE, 2019/06)
      The proliferation of deployed sea-going autonomous platforms, such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USV), and sensor nodes anchored to the seabed, makes the deployment of true underwater ...