Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition

With the increasing complexity of radar jamming threats, accurate and automatic jamming recognition is essential but remains challenging. Conventional algorithms often suffer from sharply decreased recognition accuracy under low jamming-to-noise ratios (JNR).Artificial intelligence-based jamming sig...

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Main Authors: Minghui Sha, Dewu Wang, Fei Meng, Wenyan Wang, Yu Han
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Future Internet
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/12/374
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author Minghui Sha
Dewu Wang
Fei Meng
Wenyan Wang
Yu Han
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Dewu Wang
Fei Meng
Wenyan Wang
Yu Han
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description With the increasing complexity of radar jamming threats, accurate and automatic jamming recognition is essential but remains challenging. Conventional algorithms often suffer from sharply decreased recognition accuracy under low jamming-to-noise ratios (JNR).Artificial intelligence-based jamming signal recognition is currently the main research directions for this issue. This paper proposes a new radar jamming recognition framework called Diff-SwinT. Firstly, the time-frequency representations of jamming signals are generated using Choi-Williams distribution. Then, a diffusion model with U-Net backbone is trained by adding Gaussian noise in the forward process and reconstructing in the reverse process, obtaining an inverse diffusion model with denoising capability. Next, Swin Transformer extracts hierarchical multi-scale features from the denoised time-frequency plots, and the features are fed into linear layers for classification. Experiments show that compared to using Swin Transformer, the proposed framework improves overall accuracy by 15% to 10% at JNR from −16 dB to −8 dB, demonstrating the efficacy of diffusion-based denoising in enhancing model robustness. Compared to VGG-based and feature-fusion-based recognition methods, the proposed framework has over 27% overall accuracy advantage under JNR from −16 dB to −8 dB. This integrated approach significantly enhances intelligent radar jamming recognition capability in complex environments.
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spelling doaj.art-0cbb141fd3ae47bca5e75b35121c9aa12023-12-22T14:10:08ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032023-11-01151237410.3390/fi15120374Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming RecognitionMinghui Sha0Dewu Wang1Fei Meng2Wenyan Wang3Yu Han4Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement, Beijing 100854, ChinaSchool of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaBeijing Institute of Radio Measurement, Beijing 100854, ChinaCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaWith the increasing complexity of radar jamming threats, accurate and automatic jamming recognition is essential but remains challenging. Conventional algorithms often suffer from sharply decreased recognition accuracy under low jamming-to-noise ratios (JNR).Artificial intelligence-based jamming signal recognition is currently the main research directions for this issue. This paper proposes a new radar jamming recognition framework called Diff-SwinT. Firstly, the time-frequency representations of jamming signals are generated using Choi-Williams distribution. Then, a diffusion model with U-Net backbone is trained by adding Gaussian noise in the forward process and reconstructing in the reverse process, obtaining an inverse diffusion model with denoising capability. Next, Swin Transformer extracts hierarchical multi-scale features from the denoised time-frequency plots, and the features are fed into linear layers for classification. Experiments show that compared to using Swin Transformer, the proposed framework improves overall accuracy by 15% to 10% at JNR from −16 dB to −8 dB, demonstrating the efficacy of diffusion-based denoising in enhancing model robustness. Compared to VGG-based and feature-fusion-based recognition methods, the proposed framework has over 27% overall accuracy advantage under JNR from −16 dB to −8 dB. This integrated approach significantly enhances intelligent radar jamming recognition capability in complex environments.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/12/374radar jamming recognitionvision transformerdiffusion modeltime-frequency analysis
spellingShingle Minghui Sha
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Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition
Future Internet
radar jamming recognition
vision transformer
diffusion model
time-frequency analysis
title Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition
title_full Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition
title_fullStr Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition
title_full_unstemmed Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition
title_short Diff-SwinT: An Integrated Framework of Diffusion Model and Swin Transformer for Radar Jamming Recognition
title_sort diff swint an integrated framework of diffusion model and swin transformer for radar jamming recognition
topic radar jamming recognition
vision transformer
diffusion model
time-frequency analysis
url https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/12/374
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