Threshold vector field detectors

The problem of threshold or weak-signal detection in highly nonGaussian EMI is extended to vector fields, and narrow-band signals and interference. The emphasis is on a canonical formulation, illustrated by a number of specific examples. Spatial sampling with adaptive beam forming, as well as temporal sampling and all relevant vector field components, must be included for maximum processing gain. New results for a canonical theory of these vector detection cases are presented. Jointly and asymptotically locally optimum algorithms and performance measures are obtained. These results provide statistical-physical models of the EMI environment, and they include first-order probability distributions of vector EMI noise fields and received processes, with specific examples of EMI fields generated by randomly distributed electric and magnetic dipole sources, as well as more general sources. The effects of beamforming, selfdirecting beams, multiple field components, fading, and Doppler `smear' on signal detectability are included