Modulation Recognition Algorithm for Long-Sequence, High-Order Modulated Signals Based on Mamba Architecture
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Abstract
This paper investigates modulation recognition technology for high-order modulated signals. Addressing the issue that existing deep learning-based modulation recognition methods struggle to effectively capture the features of long sequence signals in high-order modulation, we propose a ConvMamba model that integrates convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with the Mamba2 architecture. By employing a selective state-space model, the ConvMamba effectively captures the temporal dependencies in long sequence signals. It also combines the local feature extraction capability of CNNs with a soft-thresholding denoising module, forming a hybrid structure that possesses both global modeling and noise resistance capabilities. The evaluation results on the Sig53 dataset, which contains a rich variety of high-order modulations, demonstrate that compared to traditional CNN- or Transformer-based architectures, ConvMamba achieves a better balance between computational efficiency and recognition accuracy. Compared to Transformer models with similar performance, ConvMamba reduces computational complexity by over 60%. Compared to CNN models with comparable computational resource consumption, ConvMamba significantly improves recognition accuracy. Therefore, ConvMamba shows a distinct advantage in processing high-order modulated signals with long sequences.
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OpenAlex topics: Wireless Signal Modulation Classification
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Affiliations
China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing 100192, China
School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Funding
the 2024 State Grid Corporation of China Science and Technology Program
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