This thesis presents an integrated examination of adaptive beamforming methodologies for jamming suppression in wireless networks operating under contested conditions with limited prior knowledge of interference environments. Two complementary framewo...
This thesis presents an integrated examination of adaptive beamforming methodologies for jamming suppression in wireless networks operating under contested conditions with limited prior knowledge of interference environments. Two complementary frameworks are: (1) a model-driven approach leveraging adaptive subspace-based covariance matrix reconstruction (AS-CMR) with autonomous source detection and KullbackLeibler divergence-based beamformer selection, and (2) a data-driven approach employing hybrid CNN-Transformer architecture for end-to-end learning of optimal beamforming weights. Through extensive numerical validation across diverse jamming scenarios, both approaches achieve near-optimal performance within 1-2 dB of the ideal Minimum Variance Distortionless Response (MVDR) bound while outperforming conventional techniques by 10-19 dB.