Performance evaluation of mobile multistatic search operations via simulation

Multistatic sonar networks (MSNs) utilize non-co-located sources and receivers. Although there are many advantages of MSNs, the complex and unusual geometry of their detection regions brings additional analytic challenges, especially in measuring the performance of a multistatic search operation. Furthermore, the challenge becomes harder when mobile sources are included in the network. Previous work has determined a closed form analytic expression for the equivalent sweep width of a MSN that includes a mobile source and stationary receivers, as well as the coverage achieved by parallel sweeps conducted by mobile sources in a field of stationary receivers. These formulae were derived using particular assumptions that are not always met in practice. In this paper, we conduct Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the accuracy of these analytic results under more realistic circumstances