Affiliation:
1. Institute of Radioelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Military University of Technology, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Abstract
This paper presents a method of fusion of identification (attribute) information provided by two types of sensors: combined primary and secondary (IFF) surveillance radars and ESMs (electronic support measures). In the first section, the basic taxonomy of attribute identification is adopted in accordance with the standards of STANAG 1241 ed. 5 and STANAG 1241 ed. 6 (draft). These standards provide the following basic values of the attribute identifications: FRIEND; HOSTILE; NEUTRAL; UNKNOWN; and additional values, namely ASSUMED FRIEND and SUSPECT. The basis of theoretical considerations is Dezert–Smarandache theory (DSmT) of inference. This paper presents and uses in practice six information-fusion rules proposed by DSmT, i.e., the proportional conflict redistribution rules (PCR1, PCR2, PCR3, PCR4, PCR5, and PCR6), for combining identification information from different ESM sensors and radars. This paper demonstrates the rules of determining attribute information by an ESM sensor equipped with the database of radar emitters. It is proposed that each signal vector sent by the ESM sensor contains an extension specifying a randomized identification declaration (hypothesis)—a basic belief assignment (BBA). This paper also presents a model for determining the basic belief assignment for a combined primary and secondary radar. Results of the PCR rules of sensor information combining for different scenarios of a radio electronic situation (deterministic and Monte Carlo) are presented in the final part of this paper. They confirm the legitimacy of the use of Dezert–Smarandache theory in information fusion for primary radars, secondary radars, and ESM sensors.
Funder
Military University of Technology
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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