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An Adaptive Window Time-Frequency Analysis Method Based on Short-Time Fourier Transform

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Frequency hopping signal has the advantages of strong anti-jamming ability and low probability of interception. It can effectively improve communication quality and security. Therefore, frequency hopping technology is widely used in the field of information countermeasures, and has become one of the main anti-jamming technologies adopted by various countries. As a non-partner, how to quickly obtain the main parameters of frequency hopping signal in order to implement effective and timely interference is particularly important. In this paper, a blind estimation algorithm based on short-time Fourier transform (STFT) is proposed. STFT is a time-frequency analysis method with low complexity. The performance of this method depends largely on the length of the Fourier transform window. The algorithm in this paper roughly estimates the period of frequency hopping signal according to the Frequency domain characteristics of input signal, and uses this information to determine the length of local window. The obtained time-frequency distribution is purified by setting a reasonable threshold, and the purified time-frequency distribution is used to extract information and estimate the main parameters of frequency hopping signal. The results show that this method can roughly estimate the length of Fourier transform window in very low SNR environment, and fine estimation method has higher accuracy in estimating the Frequency hopping period of frequency hopping signal.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41861134010 and No. 91438205).

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Li, Z., Wang, X., Li, M., Han, S. (2019). An Adaptive Window Time-Frequency Analysis Method Based on Short-Time Fourier Transform. In: Han, S., Ye, L., Meng, W. (eds) Artificial Intelligence for Communications and Networks. AICON 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 287. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22971-9_8

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