Research on performance analysis and optimization methods of bistatic collaborative detection

Compared with the monostatic sonar system, the bistatic sonar system has numerous advantages, such as being quick and flexible to deploy, utilizing strong concealment, and having a large detection range. The detection performance analysis system, which consists of the sound source and propagation loss level, the interfering noise level, the marine reverberation average strength level, and the target echo sound level, was established in this study. Aiming at a specified area, this study realizes a performance analysis based on the detection probabilities of targets in different locations. In terms of detection performance, the bistatic sonar system especially faces considerable direct wave interference. Therefore, a method for restraining direct wave interference based on zero constraint beam-forming was developed. This method can mitigate the both narrow-band and broadband direct wave interference problems. Another method based on space timeadaptive processing was also developed. This method can also solve direct wave interference problem. Using the above performance analysis system, considering the influence of strong direct wave interference, the detection range can increase 35% by using the zero constraint beam-forming method, thus further enhancing the detection performance.