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Contact-level multistatic sonar data simulator for tracker performance assessment
(NURC, 2006/08)This paper provides an overview of a multistatic sonar contact-data simulation approach and a dataset generated specifically for tracker algorithm evaluation by the Multistatic Tracking Working Group (MSTWG). A brief ... -
Context for maritime situation awareness
(CMRE, 2019/06)Effective maritime situation awareness (MSA) relies on high-level information fusion tasks that benefit from a formal approach to context-based reasoning. This chapter discusses the relative notion of context through the ... -
Continuous active sonars for littoral undersea surveillance
(CMRE, 2019/05)Recent advances in transducer and computing technology have pushed the concept of continuous active sonar (CAS) or high duty cycle sonar as an area of interest for application to antisubmarine warfare. Unlike conventional ... -
Continuous recording of active sonar data
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Converted measurements Bayesian extended target tracking applied to X-band marine radar data
(CMRE, 2019/06)X-band marine radar systems are flexible and low-cost tools for monitoring multiple targets in a surveillance area. They can provide high resolution measurements both in space and time. Such features offer the opportunity ... -
Converted measurements random matrix approach to extended target tracking using X-band marine radar data
(CMRE, 2019/06)Conventional tracking algorithms rely upon the hypothesis of one detection per target for each frame. However, very fine spatial resolution radars represent widespread systems that provide data for which this hypothesis ... -
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 ... -
Cooperative robotic networks for underwater surveillance: an overview
(CMRE, 2019/06)Underwater surveillance has traditionally been carried out by means of surface and undersea manned vessels equipped with advanced sensor systems. This approach is often costly and manpower intensive. Marine robotics is an ... -
Correlation of backscatter with bottom topography
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1993/08)Practical data from low frequency sonar operations in shallow water has been analysed to demonstrate that a high degree of correlation exists between the received signal due to bottom hackscattering and the hottom gradient ... -
Counter piracy surveillance requirements for early detection, military rescue, or evasion
(NURC, 2012/06)Best practice for protection against pirates includes coordination with the military forces operating in the area, constant watch against the approach of pirates, and measures to prevent or delay their boarding. The time ... -
Critical angle and seabed scattering issues for active-sonar performance predictions in shallow water
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)Active sonar performance predictions (0.75 to 3 kHz) are examined in summer shallow-water environments to quantify the impact of variable seabed and watermass properties on detection. Scattering is computed with an ... -
Current regulatory issues in the usage of autonomous underwater vehicles
(CMRE, 2019/05)Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) are becoming increasingly popular for a large number of applications from oceanography to border protection and shipping. In particular, the advent of long-term ASVs allows for months-long ... -
Data driven vessel trajectory forecasting using stochastic generative models
(2019/05)In this work, we propose a data driven trajectory forecasting algorithm that utilizes both recorded historical and streaming trajectory observations. The algorithm performs Bayesian inference on a directed graph the walks ... -
Data-driven detection and context-based classification of maritime anomalies
(CMRE, 2019/06)Discovering anomalies at sea is one of the critical tasks of Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) activities and an important enabler for maritime security operations. This paper proposes a data-driven approach to anomaly ... -
Decision tree-based adaptive modulation for underwater acoustic communications
(CMRE, 2017/11)Underwater acoustic channels are characterised by non-stationary fading statistics and consequently, a modulation scheme optimally designed for a specific fading model will underperform when the channel statistics ... -
Demystifying deep convolutional neural networks for sonar image classification
(CMRE, 2019/06)Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are developed to perform underwater target classification in synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery. The deep networks are trained using a huge database of sonar data collected at ... -
Deployment of a persistent underwater acoustic sensor network: the CommsNet17 experience
(CMRE, 2019/05)This paper presents the experimental activities performed by the NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) during the CommsNet17 trial where a persistent Underwater Acoustic Sensor Network (UASN) was ... -
Depth dependence of directionality of ambient noise in the North Pacific: experimental data and equipment design
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1982/06)Ambient ocean noise studies have been part of the research program of the Marine Physical Lab (MPL) for many years. In recent years this work has included several studies of the depth dependence of vertical directionality ... -
Design of synthetic aperture sonar systems for high-resolution seabed imaging (tutorial slides)
(NURC, 2006/10)This tutorial reviews the key aspects of the design of synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) systems for -
Detecting anomalous deviations from standard maritime routes using the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process
(CMRE, 2019/05)A novel anomaly detection procedure based on the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) mean-reverting stochastic process is presented. The considered anomaly is a vessel that deviates from a planned route, changing its nominal velocity ...