Vector similarity-based detection scheme for multi-antenna FH/MFSK systems in the presence of follower jamming

Abstract

Follower partial band jamming has been recognised as an efficient strategy to degrade the performance of frequency hopping (FH) systems. To alleviate this detrimental effect, a novel detection scheme for slow FH/M-ary frequency shift keying systems, which use two receive antennas in a quasi-static flat fading channel, is proposed. Specifically, using the principle of vector similarity, an area-based vector similarity metric is formulated to give an estimate of the unknown spatial correlation of the received jamming components at the two receive antennas. The jamming signal can then be removed in the symbol detection process. The improved performance of the new scheme is verified by using an analysis under a jamming dominant environment as well as simulated bit error rate results. © 2008 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.