Universal coherent technique generator

A method of generating pulses comprising:

• detecting and storing threat pulses from at least one radar impinging on a vehicle;
• determining that the threat pulses are valid threat pulses;
• modulating amplitude, frequency, phase, length and timing of the stored threat pulses and superposing the modulated threat pulses to generate response pulses to the threat pulses, modulations of each threat pulse and timing of the superposition relative to the threat pulses based on stored parameters;
• transmitting the response pulses;
• providing the threat pulses from a memory;
• modulating pulse widths of the response pulses from pulse widths of the threat pulses;
• modulating delays of the response pulses from delays of the threat pulses;
• modulating frequencies of the response pulses from frequencies of the threat pulses;
• modulating amplitudes of the response pulses from amplitudes of the threat pulses;
• and
• selecting a mode for modifying the delays from a Range Gate Stealer/Range Gate Pull Out (RGS/RGPO) mode in which the response pulses are walked from zero to maximum delay with one of constant velocity and acceleration and constantly repeated, a RGS/RGPO with Keeper mode that duplicates the RGS/RGPO mode and adds a keeper pulse at a stop range position of each response pulse, a pseudorandom mode in which the response pulses are randomly placed between a specified range and a Range Bin Masking in which the response pulses are randomly placed between specified range values at ranges that are integral multiples of a range bin size.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to:

• detect threat pulses from at least one radar;
• modulate amplitude, frequency, phase, length and timing of the threat pulses and superposing the modulated threat pulses to generate response pulses to the threat pulses, modulations of each threat pulse and timing of the superposition relative to the threat pulses based on stored parameters;
• calculate predicted timing of the threat pulses based on reception of the threat pulses;
• disable reception of the threat pulses at predetermined times;
• generate response pulses and transmit the response pulses in response to threat pulses when the threat pulses are received and when reception of the threat pulses is disabled;
• modify characteristics of the threat pulses from initial characteristics of threat pulses, the characteristics including pulse widths, delays, frequencies and amplitudes;
• and
• select a mode for modifying the delays from a Range Gate Stealer/Range Gate Pull Out (RGS/RGPO) mode in which the response pulses are walked from zero to maximum delay with one of constant velocity and acceleration and constantly repeated, a RGS/RGPO with Keeper mode that duplicates the RGS/RGPO mode and adds a keeper pulse at a stop range position of each response pulse, a pseudorandom mode in which the response pulses are randomly placed between a specified range and a Range Bin Masking in which the response pulses are randomly placed between specified range values at ranges that are integral multiples of a range bin size.