Analysis of constrained LMS algorithm with application to adaptive beamforming using perturbation sequences

Adaptive antenna array processing employing a constrained least mean square (LMS) algorithm requires an unbiased estimate of the gradient of the output power with respect to the array weights. There are a number of schemes for obtaining an unbiased estimate of this gradient. Though in each case the estimated gradient is unbiased, the covariance of the estimated gradient with each method is different and thus the transient and the steady state behavior of the constrained algorithm is different in each case. The transient and the steady state behavior of the weight covariancc matrix is analyzed, exact expressions for the misadjustment are derived, and a comparison of the performance of the algorithm is presented when the required gradient is estimated by different schemes. The schemes considered include gradient estimation when all the array signals are accessible as well as gradient estimation using perturbation sequences for eases when the array signals are inaccessible. The necessary and the sufficient condition for the diagonlization of the weight covarience matrix is also derived.