Constrained Least-Squares Synthesis of Coefficients for Arrays of Sensors and FIR Digital Filters

A general method is presented for synthesizing weighting coefficients for arrays of sensors or for finite-impulse-response (FIR) digital filters. The beam pattern of the array or the frequency response of the digital filter is a weighted, least mean-square (LMS) approximation to a desired function, subject to constrained pattern values at specified points. The method is applied to the problem of producing beam patterns of a line array for the rejection of interfering point sources. For this case, we show that adaptive array processing can be based on modification of the roots of the array polynomial.

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