An SAR Deceptive Jamming Suppression Method Based on PRI Variation Design and Multichannel Principle

Abstract

The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be affected by various types of jamming during operation. Among them, the deceptive jamming generated by digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammers poses a serious threat to SAR imaging by creating highly realistic false targets. Moreover, with advancements in deceptive jamming technology, the generation speed of deceptive jamming has increased, rendering existing methods less effective. To address this issue, an anti-deceptive jamming method based on pulse repetition interval (PRI) variation design and multichannel principle is proposed to mitigate the effects of deceptive jamming. First, a PRI variation strategy that will not cause the loss of echo signals in the imaging area is designed. By utilizing this strategy for imaging, deceptive jamming signals are dispersed across different ranges, resulting in preliminary suppression of the jamming. Subsequently, after azimuth nonuniform sampling reconstruction and range processing, most of the jamming signals are suppressed due to the azimuth timing differences between SAR and jamming signals. However, when the jammer uses specific retransmission intervals, such as the average PRI of the PRI sequence, the jamming signals may be concentrated at certain ranges, retaining some coherence and posing a threat to SAR imaging. To overcome this challenge, a residual jamming detection and suppression algorithm based on multichannel principle is proposed, which can detect and filter out the channels affected by jamming. Finally, an azimuth sparse reconstruction is introduced for azimuth processing. Since the anti-jamming principle of this method relies on the differences in azimuth timing between SAR and jamming, it can suppress deceptive jamming even when the generation speed of deceptive jamming is rapid, which some other anti-deceptive jamming methods cannot achieve. Simulations of SAR imaging under deceptive jamming conditions are conducted for point target scene and complex target scene. The simulation results show that the proposed anti-deceptive jamming method can effectively suppress deceptive jamming and enable high-quality imaging.