Distributed beamforming has emerged as a pivotal technology in modern communication systems, radar applications, and collaborative electronic warfare. Through distributed collaboration, these jamming nodes composed of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can execute flexible electronic jamming toward wireless communication systems despite energy limitations. However, they encounter challenges such as time and positioning inaccuracies, which can diminish the synthesis power of jamming beams and reduce jamming effectiveness. This paper examines the impact of angle and distance errors on jamming effectiveness, deriving upper error bounds under various suppression coefficients. The findings offer practical guidelines for enhancing the precision and effectiveness of distributed beamforming systems in electronic warfare applications.
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation plays a crucial role in communication systems, directly impacting the quality and reliability of signal transmission. This paper proposes a novel deep learning framework aimed at enhancing the accuracy and robustness of SNR estimation. The framework converts received signals into time–frequency matrices as feature inputs, effectively capturing both temporal and spectral characteristics through time–frequency analysis. Extensive experimental results across an SNR range of −5 dB to 15 dB demonstrate that our method achieves a mean squared error (MSE) that closely approaches the theoretical Cramér–Rao bound (CRB), comparable to data-aided (DA) maximum likelihood methods. A quantitative analysis reveals that, even under challenging conditions, such as a low SNR of −5 dB, the model maintains superior accuracy with a mean absolute error (MAE) as low as 0.352, significantly outperforming traditional M2M4 and NDA estimators. The model’s performance was systematically evaluated in a wide range of scenarios, encompassing various signal modulation formats, upsampling factors, multipath fading channels, frequency offsets, phase shifts, and roll-off factors. The evaluation highlights its exceptional generalization capability and robustness, with high performance and stability maintained even in challenging and dynamic environments.