Abstract:When there is mainlobe interference, the adaptive beamforming based on eigenprojection preprocessing (EPB) can effectively suppress the mainlobe interference and sidelobe interference. However, when the power of mainlobe interference becomes stronger, the ability of the algorithm to suppress sidelobe interference is greatly decreased, and the sidelobe interference fails to be suppressed effectively. In accordance with EPB, an algorithm based on eigenprojection preprocessing and augment of null depth is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the eigenprojected data is projected on the interference signal subspace which removes the main lobe interference. Secondly, the data after projection is weighted appropriately and then added to the data after eigenprojection preprocessing to enhance the power of the sidelobe interference signal. Thirdly, the output of the modified weight vector can be calculated by the new covariance matrix which is formed by the sampled data after interference enhancement. Fourthly, the output of the adaptive beamforming can be calculated by the modified weight vector, and the signal to interference plus noise ratio of the algorithm is analyzed briefly. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm in this paper can form deeper nulls in the direction of sidelobe interference, and obtain still greater sidelobe suppression effect in the case of higher power of the mainlobe interference.