Research on Characteristics and Suppression Methods of Side Peaks of Passive Radar Based on LTE Signal

For the passive radar based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) signal, firstly, the ambiguity function are analyzed, and the producing mechanism of different side peaks are explained. Then, a series of corresponding suppression algorithms are proposed for two types of side peaks degrading detection performance: For the side peaks caused by the cyclic prefix, a fast ambiguity algorithm based on non-continuous chunking of data is proposed; For the side peaks caused by the non-continuous spectrum, the suppression algorithm of bandwidth synthesis and frequency domain windowed is proposed. Finally, the thumbtack ambiguity function of the LTE signal is obtained through integrated processing of two suppression algorithms. The work of this paper provides a new method for the side peaks suppression of the passive radar based on the LTE signal.