CSPMNet: Pareto-Efficient Automatic Modulation Classification With Learnable Complex Subband Phase Motion

Ruixiang Zhang

doi:10.1109/lwc.2026.3729758

CSPMNet: Pareto-Efficient Automatic Modulation Classification With Learnable Complex Subband Phase Motion

2026-09-02

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Automatic modulation classification (AMC) is an essential technique for noncooperative spectrum monitoring and intelligent wireless receivers. However, practical AMC models must identify modulation formats from short and noisy I/Q observations while maintaining low computational and storage overhead. Existing deep-learning approaches often improve recognition accuracy by expanding generic neural backbones, which increases deployment cost and weakens their suitability for resource-constrained receivers. To bridge the gap between recognition performance and model efficiency, this letter proposes a Complex Subband Phase-Motion Network, designated as CSPMNet, for lightweight AMC from raw I/Q samples. Specifically, learnable complex subband filters are introduced to adaptively extract frequency-selective baseband responses while preserving the algebraic coupling between in-phase and quadrature components. Then, an amplitude-preserving phase-motion module captures multi-lag temporal rotation dynamics within each subband, and a lightweight temporal classifier performs efficient sequence aggregation. Rigorous experimental evaluations on public RadioML benchmark datasets demonstrate that CSPMNet achieves highly competitive recognition accuracy while requiring substantially lower model complexity than many existing AMC models. Codes are available on GitHub

Keywords:

Automatic modulation classification

complex convolution

cognitive radio

lightweight neural networks

CSPMNet: Pareto-Efficient Automatic Modulation Classification With Learnable Complex Subband Phase Motion

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