关键词：通信；通信网络；雷达；传感器；信息优势；联合信号处理
摘 要：This research has produced several important research contributions to the communications, signal processing and data fusion communities. It was shown that if the sensors know that their data is to be used to solve a specific target detection and estimation problem, they are able to determine what data is necessary to accurately solve these problems and which data which is already well described by previously observed data. Thus joint design can enable a new generation of technologies for solving important real-world problems related to large-scale networks of monitoring sensors spread over large regions.