Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks

Nowadays, wireless communication plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, encompassing technologies such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) and the internet of things (IoT). The backbone of the wireless communication is modulation, which involves various techniques with its own unique characteristics. As...

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Main Authors: Nopparuj Suetrong, Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn, Natthanan Promsuk
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10499794/
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Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn
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description Nowadays, wireless communication plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, encompassing technologies such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) and the internet of things (IoT). The backbone of the wireless communication is modulation, which involves various techniques with its own unique characteristics. As modulation techniques evolve in intricacy and diversity, the need for modulation recognition becomes apparent. Traditional modulation recognition relies on human intervention to classify modulation types in received signals, a time-consuming and laborious process prone to human error and inefficiency. Consequently, automatic modulation recognition (AMR) is introduced to autonomously classify modulation types without human interventions. In the current era, artificial intelligence (AI), specifically deep learning (DL) has gained prominence, providing numerous advantages across various domains, including AMR. While many DL-based AMR models have been developed, their efficacy reduces at low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Consequently, we propose a hybrid DL model for AMR, named the in-phase and quadrature - temporal graph convolutional network (IQ-TGCN) to enhance the recognition performance at low SNR. Integrating graph convolutional network (GCN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) architectures, the IQ-TGCN takes a node feature matrix as input, derived from the magnitude differences between each node. In comparative assessments against other DL models, our model has consistently exhibited superior performance. To enhance its capabilities further, we integrated deep transfer learning, leading to a remarkable 30% improvement in classification accuracy. Notably, at a SNR of 10 dB, IQ-TGCN reached its pinnacle, attaining an impressive accuracy of 99%, all the while significantly reducing training time by nearly threefold.
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spelling doaj.art-1fb51ade34694b03b252a77c690ddc5e2024-04-22T23:00:20ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-0112545365454910.1109/ACCESS.2024.338849010499794Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional NetworksNopparuj Suetrong0Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5991-8858Natthanan Promsuk2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5991-8858Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, ThailandDepartment of ICT, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, ThailandDepartment of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, ThailandNowadays, wireless communication plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, encompassing technologies such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) and the internet of things (IoT). The backbone of the wireless communication is modulation, which involves various techniques with its own unique characteristics. As modulation techniques evolve in intricacy and diversity, the need for modulation recognition becomes apparent. Traditional modulation recognition relies on human intervention to classify modulation types in received signals, a time-consuming and laborious process prone to human error and inefficiency. Consequently, automatic modulation recognition (AMR) is introduced to autonomously classify modulation types without human interventions. In the current era, artificial intelligence (AI), specifically deep learning (DL) has gained prominence, providing numerous advantages across various domains, including AMR. While many DL-based AMR models have been developed, their efficacy reduces at low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Consequently, we propose a hybrid DL model for AMR, named the in-phase and quadrature - temporal graph convolutional network (IQ-TGCN) to enhance the recognition performance at low SNR. Integrating graph convolutional network (GCN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) architectures, the IQ-TGCN takes a node feature matrix as input, derived from the magnitude differences between each node. In comparative assessments against other DL models, our model has consistently exhibited superior performance. To enhance its capabilities further, we integrated deep transfer learning, leading to a remarkable 30% improvement in classification accuracy. Notably, at a SNR of 10 dB, IQ-TGCN reached its pinnacle, attaining an impressive accuracy of 99%, all the while significantly reducing training time by nearly threefold.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10499794/Automatic modulation recognitiondeep learningdeep transfer learninggraph convolutional networklong short-term memorywireless communication
spellingShingle Nopparuj Suetrong
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Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks
IEEE Access
Automatic modulation recognition
deep learning
deep transfer learning
graph convolutional network
long short-term memory
wireless communication
title Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks
title_full Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks
title_fullStr Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks
title_short Enhanced Modulation Recognition Through Deep Transfer Learning in Hybrid Graph Convolutional Networks
title_sort enhanced modulation recognition through deep transfer learning in hybrid graph convolutional networks
topic Automatic modulation recognition
deep learning
deep transfer learning
graph convolutional network
long short-term memory
wireless communication
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10499794/
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