Time and phase features network model for automatic modulation classification

doi:10.1016/j.compeleceng.2023.108948

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Time and phase features network model for automatic modulation classification

2023-10-01

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DOI：10.1016/j.compeleceng.2023.108948

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Automatic Modulation Classification (AMC) constitutes a fundamental technology for enabling automatic demodulation in Cognitive Communication Systems (CCS). Due to the size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints of embedded computers employed in CCS, there are limited compu-tational and memory resources. While deep neural networks possess strong feature representation and high accuracy recognition capabilities, they usually come with a high number of network parameters and high computational complexity, thereby reducing the real-time processing ability of CCS. Therefore, neural network structures intended for CCS must be lightweight and compu-tationally efficient. In this paper, we propose a high-performance and resource-friendly network model based on an analysis of the modulation mechanism of communication signals. The network extracts phase features and short-time features sequentially using directional convolutional fil-ters. Long short-term memory (LSTM) units are then used to extract long-term features, and only one fully connected layer is used for classification. Experiments with a standard dataset consisting of 11 communication modulation types demonstrate that our proposed model achieves an ac-curacy greater than 84.5%, even when the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is 0 dB, and the model has only 29187 parameters. On a Jetson Nano embedded platform, the model achieves a processing speed of up to 375366 in-phase and quadrature samples/s. Overall, the results suggest that our proposed approach is both lightweight and highly efficient, making it more suitable for CCS applications.

Keywords:

Automatic modulation classification

Deep learning

Phase features

Short -time features

Long-time features

Convolutional neural network