Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm

Underwater wireless optical communication systems face significant challenges due to the heterogeneous nature of the underwater environment and the attenuation of optical signals caused by absorption and scattering. These effects restrict the data transfer capacity and transmission distance, resulti...

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Main Authors: Ali Çimen, Erdoğan Aldemir, Timur Düzenli
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Published: levent 2025-06-01
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Timur Düzenli
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description Underwater wireless optical communication systems face significant challenges due to the heterogeneous nature of the underwater environment and the attenuation of optical signals caused by absorption and scattering. These effects restrict the data transfer capacity and transmission distance, resulting in communication errors. Different modulation techniques are used to minimize the effects of these parameters. Automatic modulation classification plays a critical role in terms of effective management of spectrum resources. In this study, underwater wireless optical communication channels are modulated with different modulation techniques, and the signals are transformed into the discrete wavelet space, resulting in approximation and detail coefficients that are used as feature vectors for training machine learning algorithms. In addition, optimized classification features are determined for different signal-to-noise ratios and different transmission distances using the genetic algorithm. The results show that the approximation and detail coefficient energies provide higher classification performance in the classification of modulated signals according to statistical features such as mean, variance, and standard deviation. According to simulation results, an average classification accuracy of 82% has been obtained using the proposed discrete wavelet transform and genetic algorithm-based technique, which demonstrates high classification accuracy for noisy underwater channels.
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spelling doaj-art-9050c2dffe054e9aacd31305c6bccc8c2025-08-20T03:24:04ZengleventInternational Journal of Pioneering Technology and Engineering2822-454X2025-06-01401434910.56158/jpte.2025.124.4.01124Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic AlgorithmAli Çimen0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6566-9244Erdoğan Aldemir1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-8317Timur Düzenli2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0210-5626Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Amasya University, Amasya, Türkiye.Department of Electronics and Communication, Technical Sciences Vocational School, Batman University, Batman, Türkiye. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Amasya University, Amasya, Türkiye.Underwater wireless optical communication systems face significant challenges due to the heterogeneous nature of the underwater environment and the attenuation of optical signals caused by absorption and scattering. These effects restrict the data transfer capacity and transmission distance, resulting in communication errors. Different modulation techniques are used to minimize the effects of these parameters. Automatic modulation classification plays a critical role in terms of effective management of spectrum resources. In this study, underwater wireless optical communication channels are modulated with different modulation techniques, and the signals are transformed into the discrete wavelet space, resulting in approximation and detail coefficients that are used as feature vectors for training machine learning algorithms. In addition, optimized classification features are determined for different signal-to-noise ratios and different transmission distances using the genetic algorithm. The results show that the approximation and detail coefficient energies provide higher classification performance in the classification of modulated signals according to statistical features such as mean, variance, and standard deviation. According to simulation results, an average classification accuracy of 82% has been obtained using the proposed discrete wavelet transform and genetic algorithm-based technique, which demonstrates high classification accuracy for noisy underwater channels.https://ijpte.com/index.php/ijpte/article/view/124underwater wireless optical communicationdiscrete wavelet transformgenetic algorithmautomatic modulation classificationfeature selection
spellingShingle Ali Çimen
Erdoğan Aldemir
Timur Düzenli
Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm
International Journal of Pioneering Technology and Engineering
underwater wireless optical communication
discrete wavelet transform
genetic algorithm
automatic modulation classification
feature selection
title Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm
title_full Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm
title_fullStr Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm
title_full_unstemmed Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm
title_short Underwater Modulation Classification Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Genetic Algorithm
title_sort underwater modulation classification using discrete wavelet transform and genetic algorithm
topic underwater wireless optical communication
discrete wavelet transform
genetic algorithm
automatic modulation classification
feature selection
url https://ijpte.com/index.php/ijpte/article/view/124
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