Automatic modulation classification for cognitive radios using cyclic feature detection

IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 27-45

  Ramkumar, Barathram ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MODULATION CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE RADIO; CYCLOSTATIONARITY; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; DISTRIBUTED SIGNALS; FEATURE DETECTION; MATLAB CODE; MODULATED SIGNAL; RESEARCH AREAS; SPECTRAL SENSING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MATLAB; RADIO SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RADIO;

EID: 67650480195     PISSN: 1531636X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCAS.2008.931739     Document Type: Article

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