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Toward Interference-Tolerant Automatic Modulation Recognition via Multi-Stage Feature Extraction Network

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Xiaochuan Sun
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Changcheng Wu
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Yingqi Li
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Tianyu Huang
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Jike Yu
张海君 (Haijun Zhang)
DOI:10.1109/TVT.2025.3555769delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Automatic modulation recognition (AMR) is critical for enhancing communication system performance and spectrum utilization in complex environments. However, existing deep learning-based AMR methods face significant challenges under the low signal-to-noise ratio (LSNR) condition, where noise interference severely distorts modulation characteristics, reducing recognition accuracy. To address this issue, multi-stage feature extraction network (MFENet) is proposed, an interference-tolerant AMR model designed to improve LSNR performance. MFENet integrates Fast Fourier Transform and convolutional filters in the Modulation Signal Preprocessing (MSP) module to enhance spectral features. The Multi-stage Feature Extraction (MFE) module, incorporating multi-scale sandglass, feature extraction stem, and Res2-Attention Block, enables deep cross-scale feature fusion and extraction. Finally, the AMR classifier refines these features using channel attention and a multilayer perceptron. Experimental results on the RML2016.10a and RML2016.10b datasets demonstrate that MFENet significantly outperforms state-of-the-art models in recognition accuracy, especially under the LSNR condition.
Keywords:
Automatic modulation recognition
low signal-to-noise ratio
fast fourier transform
multi-scale
residual module

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IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology cover
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
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North China University of Science and Technology
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1.9K
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university of science and technology beijing
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