Adaptive sidelobe cancellation of wide-band multipath interference

The steady-state performance of a narrow-band sidelobe canceller using a single auxiliary element with tapped delay line is analyzed for a simple two-path interference model, and an impulse response model is developed to provide insight as to the cancellation performance that might be expected. Computer solutions are then presented for various combinations of signal and multipath parameters. It is shown that auxiliary delay taps are required for effective cancellation of wide-band multipath interference, even for fractional bandwidth-delay products. Good cancellation is generally achieved provided that 1) the delay line taps are spaced much closer than the Nyquist sampling rate, and 2) the total length of the delay line considerably exceeds the longest multipath delay, depending on multipath component strengths.