Approximations for Detection Probability and Measurement Accuracy Taking into Account Antenna Beam-Pointing Losses

Sun-Mog HONG
Young K. KWAG

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E89-B    No.7    pp.2106-2110
Publication Date: 2006/07/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e89-b.7.2106
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Sensing
Keyword: 
beam-pointing error,  detection probability,  track updates,  phased array radars,  

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Summary: 
Expressions are presented for the probability of target detection and the measurement accuracy of the detection, taking into account the effects of antenna beam-pointing error. Evaluation of these expressions requires numerical integration, which is computationally expensive. Approximate but analytic and efficient expressions are also presented. Numerical examples are given to present the relative accuracy of our analytic approximations.