Survey of automatic modulation classification techniques: Classical approaches and new trends

IET Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-156

  Dobre, O A ^a   Abdi, A ^b   Bar Ness, Y ^b   Su, W ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

INTELLIGENT RECEIVERS; MODULATION CLASSIFICATION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 34247238287     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20050176     Document Type: Review

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