06EC664 Adaptive Signal Processing syllabus for EC


Part A
Unit-1 Adaptive Systems 4 hours

Definition and characteristics, Areas of application, General properties, Open-and closed-loop adaptation, Applications of closed-loop adaptation, Example of an adaptive system.

Unit-2 The Adaptive Linear Combiner 7 hours

General description, Input signal and weight vectors, Desired response and error, the performance function, gradient and minimum mean-square error, Example of a performance surface, Alternative expression of the gradient, Decorrelation of error and input components.

Unit-3 Properties Of The Quadratic Performance Surface 8 hours

Normal of the input correlation matrix, Eigen values and Eigen vectors of the input correlation matrix, an example with two weights, geometrical significance of eigenvectors and Eigen values, a second example.

Unit-4 Searching The Performance Surface 7 hours

Methods of searching the performance surface, Basic ideal of gradient search methods, a simple gradient search algorithm and its solution, Stability and rate of convergence, The learning curve, Gradient search by Newton’s method in multidimensional space, Gradient search by the method of steepest descent, Comparison of learning curves.

Part B
Unit-5 Gradient Estimation And Its Effects On Adaptation 6 hours

Gradient component estimation by derivate measurement, the performance penalty, Derivative measurement and performance penalties with multiple weights, variance of the gradient estimate, effects on the weight-over solution, excess mean-square error and time constants, mis adjustment, comparative performance of Newton’s and steepest-descent methods, Total mis adjustment and other practical considerations.

Unit-6 The LMS Algorithm 5 hours

Derivation of the LMS algorithm, convergence of the weight vector, an example of convergence, learning curve, noise in the weight-vector solution, misadjustment, performance.

Unit-7 Adaptive Modeling And System Identification 5 hours

General description, Adaptive modeling of multipath communication channel, adaptive modeling in geophysical exploration, Adaptive modeling in FIR digital filter synthesis.

Unit-8 Adaptive Interfacing Canceling 7 hours

The concept of adaptive noise canceling, stationary noise-canceling solutions, effects of signal components in the reference input, The adaptive interference canceller as a notch filter, The adaptive interface canceller as a high-pass filter, Effects of finite length and causality, multiple-reference noise canceling.

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