Passive Acoustic Sensing Systems Engineering

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Overview

Passive Acoustic Sensing Systems Engineering

Course Description

Get better acoustics. In the Battlefield Acoustics Signal Processing course, you will learn the basic physical principles underlying the propagation of acoustic signals in the atmosphere. These environmental factors influence sound near the ground and typical sources of noise that degrade the performance of acoustic signal processing systems. Discover techniques, such as hardware configuration and software algorithms, for designing acoustic systems for solving problems of interest in the battlefield.

Course Content

OVERVIEW OF CLASSES OF PROBLEMS

  • Transient and persistent sounds
  • Stationary and moving sources and receivers

OVERVIEW OF CLASSES OF PROBLEMS

  • Plane waves and spherical waves
  • Harmonic and broadband signals
  • Power spectra
  • Correlation and coherence
  • Sampling effects in time and space
  • Dynamic range

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

  • Upward refraction and ducted propagation
  • Ground impedance and atmospheric absorption
  • Reflections
  • Atmospheric turbulence and wind noise

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING – HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

  • Microphone selection and analog signal conditioning electronics
  • Digitizer selection
  • Array geometry considerations

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING – SIGNAL DETECTION

  • Coherent detection
  • Anomaly detection
  • Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING – ESTIMATION

  • Time of arrival (TOA)
  • Time of delay of arrival (TDOA)
  • Direction of arrival (DOA)
  • Wavefront estimation (single and multiple simultaneous cases)
  • Source localization and data association
  • Using the ballistic shockwave when it is available
  • Fusion with EO/IR data
  • Cramer-RAO analysis
  • Introduction to tracking moving sources

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING – NOISE MITIGATION

  • Vehicle noise
  • Wind noise

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for engineers, scientists, and technical managers who are developing, specifying, or purchasing acoustic systems for battlefield and surveillance applications.

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What You Will Learn

  • Transient and persistent sources
  • Stationary and moving sources
  • Receivers
  • Acoustic signal properties
  • Environmental effects
  • Array signal processing hardware configuration
  • Signal detection, estimation, and noise mitigation
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How You Will Benefit

  • Understand issues affecting outdoor sound propagation.
  • Discover and perform basic signal analysis — transient and persistent.
  • Characterize common types of signals of interest.
  • Mitigate different sources of noise.
  • Estimate times of arrival, bearings, source locations, and real-time tracks using arrays.
  • Utilize acoustic sensing systems on mobile platforms.
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The course schedule was well-structured with a mix of lectures, class discussions, and hands-on exercises led by knowledgeable and engaging instructors.

- Abe Kani
President

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