Reduced-Rank Space-Time Processing for Anti-Jamming GPS Receivers

Abstract

In a jamming environment with multiple wideband and narrowband jammers, global positioning system (GPS) receivers can use space-time processing to efficiently suppress the jamming. However, the computational complexity of space-time algorithms restricts their application in practical GPS receivers. This paper describes a reduced-rank multi-stage nested Wiener filter (MSNWF) based on subspace decomposition and Wiener filter (WF) to eliminate the effect of jamming in anti-jamming GPS receivers. A general sidelobe canceller (GSC) structure that is equivalent to the MSNWF is used to facilitate calculation of the optimal weights for the space-time processing. Simulation results demonstrate the satisfactory performance of the MSNWF to cancel jamming and the significant reduction in computational complexity by the reduced-rank processing. The technique offers a feasible space-time processing solution for anti-jamming GPS receivers.