Direct Geolocation of Spread-Spectrum Emitters

Position estimation (geolocation) of a direct-sequence, spread-spectrum radio emitter is particularly challenging because of low signal-to-noise ratio at the radio sensors. In this letter, we develop a maximum-likelihood approach to geolocation that utilizes knowledge of the spreading sequence. Simulation results are used to show that spreading sequence knowledge can provide significant gains in position accuracy.

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