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l TDOA
l 24/7 monitoring
l Central Database
l Automated evaluation
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TDOA
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Receiver 1
Receiver 2
l Three receivers
l three hyperbolas
l graphical display
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TDOA
Basic principle
l Correlation
l Physics + Mathematics =
Narrowband signal
l The bandwidth of the receiver does not need to be the width of the
signal
l E.g. a 8 MHz wide signal can be located via a 500 kHz wide fraction
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l Consequence: The TDOA principle has limits to process
CW signals
Rx 2
Rx 1
Rx 3
l Located 25 km NE in the
out-field of the TDOA system
TDOA
Tx location
by TDOA
DF + TDOA
Bearing
DF + TDOA
l Benefits:
l High-quality and ITU compliant equipment provides higher location
accuracy
l Combination of TDOA and DF
l When no location task, equipment available for ITU measurements
l Current systems and infrastructure can be used
D
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F DDF205 – TDOA ready
EB500 – TDOA ready
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propagation time
from the antenna
A
to the signal Preselector
Down-
converter D
Signal
processing unit is Processing
Processor
Frontpanel
taken into account
resulting in a much Synthesizer
higher time Timestamp Ethernet
Generation Switch
accuracy, thus a
much higher
location accuracy internal
GPS
equipment GPS
l Depending on the task at hand the same device can be used for
standard DF, TDOA or a combination of both
l Examples:
– Use DF for narrowband or CW signals
– Use TDOA for wideband signals
– Superimpose line of bearing with TDOA hyperbolas on map in order to increase
TDOA accuracy
l Receiver bandwidth:
200 kHz
l Receiver bandwidth:
25 kHz
l Receiver bandwidth:
25 kHz
l Features:
l Continuous monitoring 24/7 multiple frequency bands
l Similar measurements for large number of devices (>100)
l Noise level measurements
l Data reduction on site
l Automated transfers to central database
l Features:
l Central storage of all measurement results
l Handling of data streams from large number of devices (>100)
l Provide basis for (automated) evaluation
l Features:
l Automatic analysis of results
l Automatic creation of transmitter lists
l Comparison of results with spectrum management database
l Display of results from multiple stations (>100) on map
l Automatic data compression depending on age