ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING THROUGH STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATION*

One of the problems in signal processing is estimating the impulse response function of an unknown system. The well‐known Wiener filter theory has been a powerful method in attacking this problem. In comparison, the use of stochastic approximation method as an adaptive signal processor is relatively new. This adaptive scheme can often be described by a recursive equation in which the estimated impulse response parameters are adjusted according to the gradient of a predetermined error function.

This paper illustrates by means of simple examples the application of stochastic approximation method as a single‐channel adaptive processor. Under some conditions the expected value of its weight sequence converges to the corresponding Wiener optimum filter when the least‐mean‐square error criterion is used.