Interrupted sampling repeater jamming countermeasure technology based on random interpulse frequency coding LFM signal

Abstract

Interrupted sampling repeater jamming (ISRJ) is an active coherent jamming with the characteristic of suppression and deception, which poses a great threat to modern radars. In this work, a false target identification and suppression method based on random interpulse frequency coding linear frequency modulation (RIFC-LFM) signal processing is proposed. First, we analyze the characteristics of the RIFC-LFM signal and ISRJ using the ambiguity function and cross ambiguity function, respectively. Next, taking advantage of the property that most of the false targets formed by ISRJ will be whitened after range-Doppler processing, a false target range-Doppler (RD) spectrum reconstruction method is proposed. Using the reconstructed false target RD spectrum, we can obtain the positions of the unwhitened false targets in the RD spectrum and distinguish the true and false targets. Finally, we design the suppression matrix based on the reconstructed false target RD spectrum to suppress the false targets. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach can effectively suppress three different ISRJs without estimating the ISRJ parameters.