Determining RF angle of arrival using COTS antenna arrays: A field evaluation

Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Hsieh Chung ^a   Lin, Tsung Han ^a   Kung, H T ^a   Lin, Chit Kwan ^a   Gwon, Youngjune ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL; COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF; DISTRIBUTED OSCILLATORS; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FIELD EVALUATION; INTELLIGENCE , SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCES; LOCALIZATION ERRORS; LOW COSTS; MECHANISM-BASED; PHASE DETECTION; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; PHASED ANTENNA ARRAYS; RF SIGNAL; RF SOURCES; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS;

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 84874299927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2012.6415851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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