Localization of a VHF transmitter based on PDOA methods: Simulations and experiments

This paper presents an application of PDOA methods to the localization of a static VHF transmitter. After a summary presentation of hyperbolic methods, simulations are carried out involving least mean squares algorithms to estimate the transmitter position. They underline a reduction of the localization error induced by the weighted least mean squares algorithm. In a final step, an experimentation on a small scale scheme and set up with 9 sensors provides a transmitter localization with an accuracy coherent with simulation results.