Distributed detection of swerling targets

Abstract

A theory of distributed detection, which we developed in a recent paper, is applied to the multistatic detection of radar targets characterised by the well known Swerling models. Distributed detection, which has decided practical advantages over the conventional multistatic and monostatic configurations, is shown to be only slightly inferior in detection performance. It is observed, interestingly, that for a large number of detection situations the OR strategy of the central processor of the distributed system exhibits superior performance. However, for a few cases, other strategies such as majority logic etc. excel, over various ranges of received signal/noise ratios.