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Reparameterization Causal Convolutional Network for Automatic Modulation Classification

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Ning Tang
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Xiaoyu Wang
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Fei Zhou
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Shengyu Tang
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Yaohui Lyu *
DOI:10.1109/TVT.2024.3361928delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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With the proliferation of wireless technologies in vehicular networks, robust automatic modulation classification (AMC) has become crucial for optimizing spectrum utilization and maintaining reliability. However, AMC in dynamic vehicular channels poses significant challenges for traditional machine learning techniques. This paper proposes a novel CNN-based approach named Reparameterization Causal Convolutional Network (RepCCNet) to achieve highly accurate and noise-robust AMC performance. RepCCNet incorporates causal convolutions and structural reparameterization techniques to extract long-term time-domain features. A bottleneck structure with channel attention dynamically calibrates feature channels, retaining only helpful information. Multi-sample dropout is integrated during training to improve generalization capability. We demonstrate RepCCNet's state-of-the-art classification accuracy on the two widely used datasets, RadioML 2016.10a and RadioML 2018.01a, across varying signal-to-noise ratios. Compared to existing methods, RepCCNet achieves highly competitive results compared to state-of-the-art approaches, utilizing fewer than 40 k parameters. Ablation studies validate the contributions of the proposed architectural innovations. This work represents a significant advancement toward developing deep learning solutions for robust wireless signal classification tasks.
Keywords:
Automatic modulation classification
automatic modulation recognition
deep learning
reparameterization
causal convolutional network

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IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology cover
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
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7.1
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1.8W
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6.6W

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ocean university of china
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3.1W
Papers: 1.9W
Citations: 21
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Jilin University
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Papers: 5.5W
Citations: 8.9K