Fusion of Over-the-Horizon Radar and Automatic Identification Systems for Overall Maritime Picture

Over-the-Horizon (OTH) radar and Automatic Identification System (AIS) are commonly used in the surveillance of maritime areas. This paper presents a method, which includes tracking and association algorithms, for fusing the information from these two types of systems into an overall maritime picture. Data to be fused consists of asynchronous track estimates from the OTH system and measurements obtained from AIS. The data available at the …