Deception-Jamming Localization and Suppression via Configuration Optimization for Multistatic SAR

Multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has the characteristics of all-day, all-weather, and high-resolution imaging. It can observe a target from different directions simultaneously to obtain multiangle observation information. However, jamming signals can affect multistatic SAR. When multiple range deception jammers exist in the environment, multiple false targets are generated in the multistatic SAR image simultaneously, which can impact the readability of the information contained in multistatic SAR images. The locations of false targets are related to the configuration of multistatic SAR; it provides the potential for jamming suppression by adjusting the configuration. Thus, in this article, we propose a jammer localization and jamming suppression method for multistatic SAR in a multijammer environment via configuration optimization. First, a target detection algorithm and a discriminant algorithm are combined to detect and identify false targets. Then, the distribution law of false targets is analyzed, and false targets are classified into two categories according to the types of jammers. Combined with the multistatic SAR configuration and false target information, localization methods for range deception jammers with different time delays are proposed. Finally, we model the configuration optimization problem as a multiobjective optimization problem (MOP), and the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II is used to solve the MOP. As a result, the configuration distribution of multistatic SAR can be altered to exclude false targets from the region of interest, thereby obtaining a multistatic SAR image without false targets. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method is effective.