The application discloses a method for designing inter-
pulse waveform amplitude and phase agility against range folding
clutter, which comprises the following steps: firstly, under the amplitude and phase agility airborne
radar system, a slow-time echo model of a target,
clutter and
noise is established, and mathematical expressions of target sidelobe and
clutter energy are derived; then, considering the constraints of transmitting power and peak-to-average
power ratio (PAR), an inter-pulse amplitude and phase agility waveform optimization design problem based on minimizing target sidelobe and clutter energy is established; finally, the accelerated power method of
least squares iteration (PMLI)
algorithm is used to optimize the inter-pulse amplitude and phase parameters, adjust the clutter
energy distribution of the airborne
radar, improve the
signal-to-clutter-and-
noise ratio of a long-distance target under the near-distance folding clutter of the airborne
radar, and complete the solution of the
optimization problem. The method can suppress the clutter base in the
region of interest, realize the target detection against the range folding clutter, and has good robustness and strong
realizability without relying on the clutter prior knowledge such as the clutter
covariance matrix, and has certain generalization for the clutter suppression of different terrains.