Optimal Sensor Placement for a Constellation of Multistatic Narrowband Pixelated Sensors

Abstract—This paper presents a novel approach to selecting the location of a constellation of multistatic RF sensors to optimize system detection and tracking. The method works by computing the posterior Cramér–Rao lower bound on localization error as a function of sensor positions, and then selecting sensor locations to minimize the bound. One important contribution of this study is the derivation of the bound for a non-Gaussian, nonlinear pixelated sensor model which includes transmit and receive beam patterns, direct path energy, and target impulse response. A second contribution is a report on the results of two field collections which illustrate the efficacy of the method. Index Terms—Cramér–Rao bound, estimation, RF, resource management, sensor placement, tracking

Deep Space Gateway Concept Science Workshop : February 27–March 1, 2018, Denver, Colorado

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss what science could be leveraged from a deep space gateway, as well as first-order determination of what instruments are required to acquire the scientific data.Institutional Support, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association ; Executive Committee, Ben Bussey, HEOMD Chief Scientist, NASA Headquarters, Jim Garvin, Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Scientist, Michael New, NASA Headquarters, Deputy AA for Research, SMD, Paul Niles, Executive Secretary, NASA Johnson Space Center, Jim Spann, MSFC Chief Scientist, Eileen Stansbery, Johnson Space CenterPARTIAL CONTENTS: Deep Space Gateway as a Deployment Staging Platform and Communication Hub of Lunar Heat Flow Experiment--Lunar Seismology Enabled by a Deep Space Gateway--In-Situ Measurements of Electrostatic Dust Transport on the Lunar Surface--Science Investigations Enabled by Magnetic Field Measurements on the Lunar Surface--Enhancing Return from Lunar Surface Missions via the Deep Space Gateway--Deep Space Gateway Support of Lunar Surface Ops and Tele-Operational Transfer of Surface Assets to the Next Landing Site--Development of a Lunar Surface Architecture Using the Deep Space Gateway--The Deep Space Gateway: The Next Stepping Stone to Mar