Intelligent Radar Jamming Recognition in Open Set Environment Based on Deep Learning Networks

Abstract

Jamming recognition is an essential step in radar detection and anti-jamming in the complex electromagnetic environment. When radars detect an unknown type of jamming that does not occur in the training set, the existing radar jamming recognition algorithms fail to correctly recognize it. However, these algorithms can only recognize this type of jamming as one that already exists in our jamming library. To address this issue, we present two models for radar jamming open set recognition (OSR) that can accurately classify known jamming and distinguish unknown jamming in the case of small samples. The OSR model based on the confidence score can distinguish known jamming from unknown jamming by assessing the reliability of the sample output probability distribution and setting thresholds. Meanwhile, the OSR model based on OpenMax can output the probability of jamming belonging to not only all known classes but also unknown classes. Experimental results show that the two OSR models exhibit high recognition accuracy for known and unknown jamming and play a vital role in sensing complex jamming environments.