AUTHOR=Sun Yifan , Chen Feiqiang , Wang Feixue , Liu Wenxiang , Li Baiyu , Song Jie 

TITLE=Direction and distribution sensitivity of sup-DOF interference suppression for GNSS array antenna receiver

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.1095109

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.1095109

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Introduction:</bold> Distributed wideband jamming (interference) is commonly used in navigation countermeasure. Due to the limited volume of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) array antenna receiver, the number of interferences usually exceeds the number of array elements. At present, the anti-jamming capability and mechanism of Global Navigation Satellite System array antenna against distributed sup-DOF (Degree of Freedom) interference have not been fully studied.</p><p><bold>Methods and innovation:</bold> To solve this problem, this paper analyzes the characteristics of GNSS System array antenna against sup-Degree of Freedom interference by formula derivation and simulation. Firstly, the definition of sup-Degree of Freedom interference of Global Navigation Satellite System array antenna is proposed from the perspective of spatial anti-jamming; Secondly, the directional characteristics of Global Navigation Satellite System array antenna for sup-Degree of Freedom interference suppression are analyzed.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The results show that the performance of sup-Degree of Freedom interference suppression is sensitive to the direction and distribution of interference. On the one hand, the residual interference power varies from interference direction and distribution, while the minimum value of which is zero and the maximum value is the sum of interference power. On the other hand, the suppression performance of UCA (Uniform Circular Array) and central Uniform Circular Array is periodic along azimuth. If the number of elements on the circumference is <italic>M</italic> (<italic>M</italic> ≥ 3), the period of the suppression performance is <inline-formula id="inf1"><mml:math id="m1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced open="" close=")" separators="|"><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mi>M</mml:mi><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced open="(" close=")" separators="|"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mo>−</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:mfenced></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>M</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:mfenced></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>.</p><p><bold>Discussion:</bold> The conclusion of this paper show the upper and lower bounds of sup-Degree of Freedom interference suppression performance and the variation rule in azimuth, which can be used in the fields such as interference deployment, anti-jamming performance evaluation and anti-jamming algorithm development.</p>