Chapter 3 Sonar Signal Processing A Perspective（第三章声纳信号处理角度）.pdf

Chapter 3 Sonar Signal Processing - A Perspective Sonar siinal processing comprises of a large number of signal processing algorithms for implementing sonar functions such Detection, Localization, Classification, Tracking, Parameter estimation, Communications and Countermeasures. Current implementations of these functions are based on Fourier based techniques extensively using FFT. With whatever limitations known till date on these Fourier based techniques, sonar designers have gone ahead trying to yield the best performance of sonar systems. Therefore a brief introduction ahout sonar systems along with the current implementation methods would be in order, primarily to set of the discussions, though the aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the improvements obtained by using time-frequency methods, vis-a-vis the existing techniques. Three important sonarfunctions namely target detection in active sonar, transient detection and analysis in passive sonar and parameter estimation in intercept sonar are discussed. The new methods developed in this thesis work are compared with these current implementationsfor their performance evaluations. The specific reason for choosing a particular time-frequency methodfor implementing each sonarfunction is also explained in this chapter. 34 Chapter 3 3.1 Sonar Signal Processing and its demand Ifyou cause your ship to stop and, Place the head of a long tube in water, Andplace the outer extremity to your ear, You will hear ships at a great distancefrom you. This is how Leonardo Da Vinci announced the basic principles of a sonar system in 1490. The word sonar is an abbreviation for SOund, NAvigation and Ranging. It was developed as