Multi-state diagnostics for distributed radio direction finding system

We consider a distributed Radio Direction Finding System (RDFS) and the structure of its hardware. A classical diagnostic model of the distributed RDFS according to the binary criterion is presented, which includes diagnostic graphs and a set of tests. We propose a theoretical basis for diagnosing of the distributed RDFS according to the n-dimensional criterion. An example of implementation of the diagnostic approach to the distributed RDFS for states “failure”, “deterioration”, “normal” is presented. © 2017, Springer International Publishing AG.