Oblique projection polarisation filtering for interference suppression in high-frequency surface wave radar

Polarisation filtering is a valid approach for interference suppression in high-frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) and other systems. Based on the fundamental principle of the oblique projection and polarised filtering, an oblique projection polarisation filter (OPPF), which can be constructed from the polarisation subspaces of the target signal and those of the interference or directly from experimental data, is proposed in this study. Generalised methods for constructing the OPPF operators (theoretical OPPF and improved OPPF) are provided and the impact on the performance caused by the estimation errors is also discussed. Numerical results from simulation and experimental data demonstrate that the proposed filter is an effective means of interference cancellation. It is proved that OPPF is an extension of the conventional polarised filter, whereas the improved OPPF is more suitable for the situation where the interference is unknown.