Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features

IntroductionAutomatic modulation recognition (AMR) plays a crucial role in modern communication systems for efficient signal processing and monitoring. However, existing modulation recognition methods often lack comprehensive feature extraction and suffer from recognition inaccuracies.MethodsTo over...

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Main Authors: Hu Zhang, Yin Kuang, Ronghui Huang, Sheng Lin, Youqiang Dong, Min Zhang
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcmn.2025.1453125/full
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Yin Kuang
Ronghui Huang
Sheng Lin
Youqiang Dong
Min Zhang
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Yin Kuang
Ronghui Huang
Sheng Lin
Youqiang Dong
Min Zhang
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description IntroductionAutomatic modulation recognition (AMR) plays a crucial role in modern communication systems for efficient signal processing and monitoring. However, existing modulation recognition methods often lack comprehensive feature extraction and suffer from recognition inaccuracies.MethodsTo overcome these challenges, we present a multi-task modulation recognition approach leveraging multimodal features. In this method, a network is proposed to differentiate between multi-domain features for temporal feature extraction. Simultaneously, a network capable of extracting features at multiple scales is utilized for image feature extraction. Subsequently, recognition is conducted by integrating the multimodal features. Due to the inherent differences between 1D signal features and 2D image features, recognizing them collectively may overlook the unique characteristics of each type.ResultsWe examine the merit of the proposed multi-task modulation recognition method and validate their performance with experiments using a public datasets. With an SNR of 0 dB, the proposed algorithm achieves a recognition accuracy of 92.30% on the RadioML2016.10a dataset.DiscussionTherefore, we propose a multi-task modulation recognition approach leveraging multimodal features to enhance accuracy. By integrating temporal and image-based feature extraction, our method outperforms existing techniques in recognition performance.
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spelling doaj-art-6c98b514569d4324bfbb039e42b2163e2025-08-20T02:02:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communications and Networks2673-530X2025-03-01610.3389/frcmn.2025.14531251453125Modulation recognition method based on multimodal featuresHu ZhangYin KuangRonghui HuangSheng LinYouqiang DongMin ZhangIntroductionAutomatic modulation recognition (AMR) plays a crucial role in modern communication systems for efficient signal processing and monitoring. However, existing modulation recognition methods often lack comprehensive feature extraction and suffer from recognition inaccuracies.MethodsTo overcome these challenges, we present a multi-task modulation recognition approach leveraging multimodal features. In this method, a network is proposed to differentiate between multi-domain features for temporal feature extraction. Simultaneously, a network capable of extracting features at multiple scales is utilized for image feature extraction. Subsequently, recognition is conducted by integrating the multimodal features. Due to the inherent differences between 1D signal features and 2D image features, recognizing them collectively may overlook the unique characteristics of each type.ResultsWe examine the merit of the proposed multi-task modulation recognition method and validate their performance with experiments using a public datasets. With an SNR of 0 dB, the proposed algorithm achieves a recognition accuracy of 92.30% on the RadioML2016.10a dataset.DiscussionTherefore, we propose a multi-task modulation recognition approach leveraging multimodal features to enhance accuracy. By integrating temporal and image-based feature extraction, our method outperforms existing techniques in recognition performance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcmn.2025.1453125/fullautomatic modulation recognitionfeature extractionmulti-domainmulti-taskdeep learning
spellingShingle Hu Zhang
Yin Kuang
Ronghui Huang
Sheng Lin
Youqiang Dong
Min Zhang
Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
Frontiers in Communications and Networks
automatic modulation recognition
feature extraction
multi-domain
multi-task
deep learning
title Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
title_full Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
title_fullStr Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
title_full_unstemmed Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
title_short Modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
title_sort modulation recognition method based on multimodal features
topic automatic modulation recognition
feature extraction
multi-domain
multi-task
deep learning
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcmn.2025.1453125/full
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