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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 ... -
Multi-sensor ISAR technique for translational motion estimation
(CMRE, 2019/06)In the last years a lot of interest has grown concerning the exploitation of data acquired by multiple sensors belonging to multistatic or Multiple Input Multiple Output systems. Indeed increased information and/or better ... -
Towards fully autonomous underwater vehicles in ASW scenarios: an adaptive data driven AUV mission management layer
(CMRE, 2019/06)We present an adaptive, data driven Mission Management Layer (MML) to manage the phases (surveillance, track prosecution and target reacquisition) of the mission of AUVs operating as receiver nodes in a multistatic network ... -
Cooperation and networking in an underwater network composed by heterogeneous assets
(CMRE, 2019/06)Underwater communication and robot technologies have grown rapidly in the last decade. Systems made of underwater unmanned vehicles have moved from single vehicle deployments to systems comprising teams of assets. As of ... -
The Mondrian detection algorithm for sonar imagery
(CMRE, 2019/06)A new algorithm called the Mondrian detector has been developed for object detection in high-frequency synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery. If a second (low) frequency-band image is available, the algorithm can seamlessly ... -
Environmental field estimation by consensus based dynamic sensor networks and underwater gliders
(CMRE, 2019/06)A coordinated dynamic sensor network of autonomous underwater gliders to estimate 3D time-varying environmental fields is proposed and tested. Each sensor performs local Kalman filter sequential field estimation. A network ... -
Dynamic placement of a constellation of surface buoys for enhanced underwater positioning
(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 ... -
A relocatable EnKF ocean data assimilation tool for heterogeneous observational networks
(CMRE, 2019/06)This study investigates the performance of a multivariate Ensemble Kalman Filter coupled with a relocatable limited-area configuration of the Regional Ocean Modeling System to predict ocean states by assimilating a ... -
Underwater target classification in synthetic aperture sonar imagery using deep convolutional neural networks
(CMRE, 2019/06)Deep convolutional neural networks are used to perform underwater target classification in synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery. The deep networks are learned using a massive database of real, measured sonar data collected ... -
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 ... -
Validation of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck route propagation model in the Mediterranean Sea
(CMRE, 2019/06)Traffic route analysis and prediction are both crucial to maritime security. The ability to predict a vessel position in the future is essential to provide information on upcoming events. However, accurate prediction along ... -
Knowledge-based ship tracking applied to HF surface wave radar data
(CMRE, 2019/06)In recent years, low-power high-frequency surface-wave radars have received significant attention thanks to their over-the-horizon coverage capability and the continuous-time operation mode. These radars have become effective ... -
Forward looking sonar mosaicing for mine countermeasures
(CMRE, 2019/06)Forward looking sonars (FLS) are nowadays popular for many different applications. In particular, they can be used for Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) in the context of Mine Countermeasures. Currently, ATR techniques ... -
Mining maritime vessel traffic: promises, challenges, techniques
(CMRE, 2019/06)This paper discusses machine learning and data mining approaches to analyzing maritime vessel traffic based on the Automated Information System (AIS). We review recent efforts to apply machine learning techniques to AIS ... -
AUV active perception: exploiting the water column
(CMRE, 2019/06)Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) present a low-cost alternative or supplement to existing underwater surveillance networks. The NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation is developing collaborative ... -
Experiments with multi-vehicle operations: the Rapid Environmental Picture Atlantic exercise 2014
(CMRE, 2019/06)The paper describes the Rapid Environmental Picture Atlantic exercise 2014 (REP14-Atlantic), with special focus on the experiments with autonomous underwater, surface and air vehicles, and discusses how large scale ... -
Real-time continuous active sonar processing
(CMRE, 2019/06)This work describes the development of continuous active sonar (CAS) processing at CMRE. The software uses subband processing to achieve a faster update rate than is possible with pulsed active sonar (PAS). The software ... -
Variable structure interacting multiple model algorithm for ship tracking using HF surface wave radar data
(CMRE, 2019/06)These last decades spawned a great interest towards low-power High-Frequency (HF) Surface-Wave (SW) radars for ocean remote sensing. By virtue of their over-the-horizon coverage capability and continuous time mode of ... -
NEMO: An architecture for software communications research in the maritime domain
(CMRE, 2019/06)This paper presents a high-level overview of NEMO, an implementation of a communications research software workspace with special focus on application scenarios involving underwater (e.g. acoustic), and other maritime ... -
Multisensor adaptive Bayesian tracking under time-varying target detection probability
(CMRE, 2019/06)In practical tracking applications, the target detection performance may be unknown and also change rapidly in time. This work considers a network of sensors and develops a target-tracking procedure able to adapt and react ...