Localization and Discrimination of the Perturbation Signals in Fiber Distributed Acoustic Sensing Systems Using Spatial Average Kurtosis

Location error and false alarm are noticeable problems in fiber distributed acoustic sensing systems based on phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (Φ-OTDR). A novel method based on signal kurtosis is proposed to locate and discriminate perturbations in Φ-OTDR systems. Th...

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Main Authors: Fei Jiang, Honglang Li, Zhenhai Zhang, Yixin Zhang, Xuping Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/9/2839